Food safety authorities in Hong Kong found trace amounts of radioactive cesium 137 in powdered tea imported from Japan last week, according to The New York Times.
The sample tested at nearly one percent
New Radiation Detector for Food Uses Space Technology
A collaboration between two companies has developed a device for detecting radiation-contamination food. After an earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011 and caused a significant leak of radioactive material, RIKEN Global
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Fukushima Rice Finally Passes Radiation Checks
A local farming official in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, said Monday that rice grown in the area of the 2011 nuclear disaster has passed that country’s radiation checks. Small amounts of the region’s approximately 360,000-ton rice
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Study: E. Coli Bacteria Can Build Resistance Quickly, Even To Ionizing Radiation
Totally on their own, E. coli bacteria have shown that they can evolve to a point where they are resistant to antibiotic drugs. Now some of the nation’s top scientists are showing how E. coli
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Woods Hole Scientist: Fukushima Leak Not Affecting U.S. Seafood
Despite the recent admission from the Japanese government that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been leaking radioactive water since it was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, U.S. seafood has not been
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Cesium Traces Found in Japanese Baby Milk Powder
Except for some spinach, turnips and white radishes with high radiation levels caught early on by Hong Kong, “hot” food has not entered the market since last March’s earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear plant
Beef with Radioactive Cesium Turns Up in Japan
The Japanese government tried to explain Wednesday how beef containing trace levels of radioactive cesium ended up reaching stores or consumers in several prefectures, and promised to step up inspections to prevent another such incident.
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World Food Supplies Monitored for Radioactivity
Governments are stepping up scrutiny of domestic food and water supplies as radioactive material spreads from the country’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it was increasing its
Letter From The Editor: 'Good Death'
We’ve been asking a lot of questions about radiation during the past two weeks because there is a lot of interest in the subject.
This past week we’ve seen the United States, through the
CA Says No Threat of Radiation in Leafy Greens
Those leafy greens from California filling America’s salad bowls are safe to eat, so stop worrying about this radiation from Japan business–OK?
That pretty much says it. At the Irvine-based Western Growers and Produce Marketing
'Hot' Mackerel Unlikely, and It Won't Get Into USA
Japanese milk and spinach just do not factor much in the U.S. food supply, but what about radioactive fish?
Five billion pounds of seafood are imported annually to the U.S. without much inspection.
But we