22 Mar 2011

Ex-pats not panicking about food contamination

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 22 March 2011

The World Health Organisation has described the discovery of radiation in food in Japan, as a more serious problem than it had first expected. Tests done 46 kilometres away from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant have shown iodine levels in milk up to 15 times the level suitable for infants, and similarly high levels in spinach.