Authorities recommend that children do not drink tap water after certain levels of radiation detected in the tap water in Tokyo. The detected radiation affects the Japanese capital and five suburban districts. Specifically, it has detected an iodine concentration of 210 becquerels per liter of tap water samples, when the limit set by the Japanese authorities is 100 becquerels per liter for babies.
For adults, the limit is 300 becquerels per liter, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science. On Saturday, Japan's government acknowledged that it had detected evidence of radioactive iodine in the water in Tokyo and its environs, although at levels below the legal limit.
A metropolitan government official in the capital of Japan stressed that the authorities are advising not to provide water for babies and toddlers, because the detected radiation exceeds the limits set for them, a figure previously released on public television NHK . The recommendation made by the Government affecting 23 metropolitan areas in the center of the capital and five surrounding districts, Musashino, Machida, Tama, Mitaka and Inagi.
The mayor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, has called for "calm" and "sense" the population of the Japanese capital with this recommendation and has indicated that consumption of tap water is safe for adults. Ishihara said that health authorities are measuring water quality consistently Tokyo.
Meanwhile, engineers continue to struggle to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant, seriously affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March, and try to keep under control the possible contamination of food and water. Although Tuesday was reached to extend power lines to the reactors, the tasks had to be suspended to check the temperature of reactor number 1 had reached 400 º C.
In addition, Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the Council of Nuclear and Industrial Safety, reported that in the turbine of unit 2 have been found high levels of radiation, up to 500 millisievert per hour, which is holding on with the job. During the last hours has been reported that there has been an increase in radiation levels in foods such as milk and green leafy vegetables from the vicinity of the affected plant, as recognized by the Japanese Government.
Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, called on the authorities of Fukushima prohibiting the distribution and consumption of up to 11 types of vegetables from the province, including spinach, broccoli, cabbage or turnip, as a precaution. The government has also found excessive levels of radiation in milk from the neighboring province of Ibaraki, further south.
Before the alarm created by fear food contamination, the government has asked Japanese six provinces to monitor radiation levels of their farm products. For its part, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English) has announced that the country would suspend imports of milk, dairy products, fruits and vegetables from the Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma, by radiation.
In addition, the tremors are still happening in Japan. An earthquake of magnitude 6 has struck the northeastern Japan Wednesday, near the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, with no personal injuries have occurred, according to Japan Meteorological Agency. This is a replica of the many that have occurred since last March 11 when an earthquake hit the coast nine degrees northeast.
So far, the death toll speaks of 12,645 dead and 9,079 missing. 
For adults, the limit is 300 becquerels per liter, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science. On Saturday, Japan's government acknowledged that it had detected evidence of radioactive iodine in the water in Tokyo and its environs, although at levels below the legal limit.
A metropolitan government official in the capital of Japan stressed that the authorities are advising not to provide water for babies and toddlers, because the detected radiation exceeds the limits set for them, a figure previously released on public television NHK . The recommendation made by the Government affecting 23 metropolitan areas in the center of the capital and five surrounding districts, Musashino, Machida, Tama, Mitaka and Inagi.
The mayor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, has called for "calm" and "sense" the population of the Japanese capital with this recommendation and has indicated that consumption of tap water is safe for adults. Ishihara said that health authorities are measuring water quality consistently Tokyo.
Meanwhile, engineers continue to struggle to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant, seriously affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March, and try to keep under control the possible contamination of food and water. Although Tuesday was reached to extend power lines to the reactors, the tasks had to be suspended to check the temperature of reactor number 1 had reached 400 º C.
In addition, Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the Council of Nuclear and Industrial Safety, reported that in the turbine of unit 2 have been found high levels of radiation, up to 500 millisievert per hour, which is holding on with the job. During the last hours has been reported that there has been an increase in radiation levels in foods such as milk and green leafy vegetables from the vicinity of the affected plant, as recognized by the Japanese Government.
Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, called on the authorities of Fukushima prohibiting the distribution and consumption of up to 11 types of vegetables from the province, including spinach, broccoli, cabbage or turnip, as a precaution. The government has also found excessive levels of radiation in milk from the neighboring province of Ibaraki, further south.
Before the alarm created by fear food contamination, the government has asked Japanese six provinces to monitor radiation levels of their farm products. For its part, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English) has announced that the country would suspend imports of milk, dairy products, fruits and vegetables from the Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma, by radiation.
In addition, the tremors are still happening in Japan. An earthquake of magnitude 6 has struck the northeastern Japan Wednesday, near the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, with no personal injuries have occurred, according to Japan Meteorological Agency. This is a replica of the many that have occurred since last March 11 when an earthquake hit the coast nine degrees northeast.
So far, the death toll speaks of 12,645 dead and 9,079 missing.
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