Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice

Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshihito Suzuki (L), chief of the Fukushima prefectural government's agriculture and fisheries department, attends a press conference in the city of Fukushima on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, to announce rice harvested in Date in the prefecture has been found to contain excessive levels of radioactive cesium, and that 9 kilograms of the rice was sold earlier the same month. In mid-November, excessive levels of radioactive cesium were found in rice harvested at a farm in the city of Fukushima, but none of the rice produced at the farm this year has been shipped to markets.

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