Would You Feed This Food to Your Children? (Part VII)

You may not have a choice. 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

(Sample

#1,321)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Izumisano Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/17/2014

<11.3

<12.7

Unreported

(Sample

#1,322)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Izumisano Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/17/2014

<11.1

<12.3

Unreported

(Sample

#1,323)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Izumisano Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/17/2014

<9.61

<10.8

Unreported

(Sample

#1,324)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Izumisano Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/17/2014

<9.58

<10.8

Unreported

(Sample

#1,325)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Izumisano Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/17/2014

<9.31

<10.6

Unreported

(Sample

#1,326)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<10.4

<11.9

Unreported

(Sample

#1,327)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<9.30

<10.6

Unreported

(Sample

#1,328)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<9.54

<10.8

Unreported

(Sample

#1,329)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<10.7

<12.2

Unreported

(Sample

#1,330)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<9.66

<10.8

Unreported

(Sample

#1,331)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<12.3

<13.9

Unreported

(Sample

#1,332)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<11.3

<13.0

Unreported

(Sample

#1,333)

Japanese School

Lunch Program

(Osaka Prefecture)

Ibaraki Health

Center, Osaka

Prefecture

04/15/2014

04/16/2014

<9.93

<11.3

Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-11135000-Shokuhinanzenbu-

Kanshianzenka/0000042846_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1_1.pdf

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Excerpted from “The Tears of Sanriku (三陸の涙)”