Would You Feed This Food to Your Children? (Part IV) This is the reality that people face when nuclear meltdowns introduce radioactive cesium into the food chain. Continuous Testing of Edibles Source Item Testing Organization Sample Collection Date Results Confirmed Date Test Results (Becquerels/Kg) Cesium- 134 Cesium- 137 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/25/2014 <9.42 <10.7 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/25/2014 <9.21 <10.5 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/25/2014 <9.09 <10.5 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/25/2014 <9.72 <11.0 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/25/2014 <10.9 <12.3 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/27/2014 <11.1 <12.8 Unreported Japanese School Lunch Program (Osaka Prefecture) Ibaraki Health Center, Osaka Prefecture 02/25/2014 02/27/2014 <9.48 <11.0 Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan http://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-11135000-Shokuhinanzenbu- Kanshianzenka/0000039568.pdf © Copyright March 5, 2014 by James C. Bartel, All Rights Reserved Excerpted from “The Tears of Sanriku (三陸の涙)”
