Via Japan Today: Radiation below legal limits found in farm, sea products near Fukushima. Excerpt:
The health ministry said Sunday that lower levels of radiation materials than the legal limits were detected in farm products and seafood in and around Fukushima Prefecture where the crippled nuclear power plant is located.
In Fukushima, 33 out of 49 vegetables and fruits had radioactive cesium and iodine but their levels were below the limits set under the food sanitation law, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
‘‘There is a possibility of proliferation of radioactive substances abating,’’ a ministry official said.
Four farm products in Niigata Prefecture, west of Fukushima, did not contain either of the radioactive substances, while cesium was detected in five marine products off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture but was well below the limit.
