Fears of radiation spread to rice as the planting season begins in Fukushima Miyagi Japan
Fears of radiation spread to rice as the planting season begins in Fukushima Miyagi Japan TOKYO (AP) — Fears of radiation spread to rice as the planting season began in Japan, prompting the government to ban its cultivation in contaminated soil as fallout leaking from a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant dealt another blow to the national diet. Vegetables and milk were the first foods that sparked concerns about the safety of Japanese agriculture after the March 11 tsunami flooded the nuclear plant and its reactors began to overheat and spew radiation. But those worries intensified when highly radioactive water was spotted gushing from the complex into the Pacific and contaminated fish showed up in catches. Those concerns have abated somewhat after the leak was plugged and bans on produce from some areas were lifted. But rice has now come under the microscope as the planting season begins in April and May. "We had to come up with a policy quickly because we are in planting season," said Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano, who announced the ban Friday. End to Japan nuke crisis is years, a fortune away www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jqy8OhxUmpyx1YzBMXTjOXQqML5A?docId=51b6aefaa40d439c8d50b5379122b8f1 Japan, no end in sight to the unthinkable www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EDIS-8FQMA8?OpenDocument Japan bans planting rice in radioactive soil www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Japan-bans-planting-rice-in-radioactive-soil-1328592.php More nuke trouble for Japan worldoflearning.info/2011/04/08/more-nuke-trouble-for-japan-onagawa-looses-most-power-cooling-fuel-rods/
