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Radiation In Japan Beef Being Detected With Levels Above
International Nuclear Waste Limits
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by
Alexander Higgins - July 10, 2011
Radiation levels in beef in Japan is now being detected
above international legal limits set for nuclear waste and
the Japanese government is still allowing farmers to sell
the beef.
As I previously reported, Japan has set “temporary safe
limits” for infant drinks and food at levels above the
international legal limit for nuclear waste.
Japan Sets Radiation Limits For Infant Drinks And Food More
Than Twice The International Limits For Nuclear Waste
There is a growing call for the Fukushima Radiation
Health Risk Advisor to resign after being caught telling the
public several lies about the shockingly high temporary
radiation standards, including radiation limits for food and
beverages being raised to levels higher than the
international legal limits for radioactive waste.
Now we have a series of reports out of Japan revealing
beef from various places within the country is being
detected at levels above international nuclear waste limits
and the government of Japan is allowing the beef to be sold
as long as the meat is scrubbed clean of any radioactive
materials on their skin.
EX-SKF reports:
Update: 3200 Becquerels/Kg Cesiuim Detected from Beef from
Minami-Soma City in Fukushima
These cattle were allowed to be sold, as long as they
were scrubbed clean of radioactive materials on their skin,
thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries,
the same ministry that is pushing to have the Japanese
cuisine recognized as UNESCO’s “world intangible cultural
heritage”.
According to Asahi Shinbun (link below), the Tokyo
Metropolitan government tested the remaining 10 meat cows
from Minami-Soma City that were processed on July 8. The
highest number was 3200 becquerels/kg of cesium, and even
the lowest number was 1530 becquerels/kg, more than 3 times
the government’s provisional safety limit for cesium in
foods.
The one that was tested on July 8 had 2300 becquerels/kg
radioactive cesium.
Asahi Shinbun (7/9/2011) also says:
Following the
instruction from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, the Metropolitan Shibaura Slaughterhouse doesn’t
conduct radiation testing at all, whether the
cattle come from the 20-30 kilometer radius from Fukushima I
Nuke Plant or from other areas. However, there have been 5
instances where the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
instructed them to test for radiation, and in those
instances the radioactive materials detected were less than
the provisional limit.
Yomiuri Shinbun (7/9/2011) says
something more disturbing:
According to the investigation by Fukushima Prefecture,
2924 meat cows
have been shipped from the same area since the end of April.
At the end of April, the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries issued its guidance that would allow
the shipment of meat cows from this area as long as
Fukushima Prefecture conducted the radiation testing on the
body surface of the cows and took other measures [i.e.
questionnaires]. Accordingly, the shipment resumed which had
been halted after the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident.
I sort of know what will be coming shortly: a noise from
the government’s Nuclear Safety Commission that the current
provisional safety limit is too strict, and there won’t be
anything that can be sold if the limit remains 500
becquerels/kg for cesium…
Many cows from Fukushima have been “evacuated” from
Fukushima Prefecture, with only surface radiation testing
and information on how they were raised, even to far-away
places like Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu.
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