Sunday, March 20, 2011

Sunday by rain and doubt

In Japan, rain and wind are expected for Sunday. Two factors have raised concerns among a significant portion of Japan's population, we doubt whether the precipitation may be radioactive. The Government has taken note and has come his way to make an appeal for calm. There are few, both Tokyo and northern Japan, who have contacted the authorities expressing their concern that the wind and rain to move the radioactive particles, but Tetsuro Fukuyama, head of the cabinet of Prime Minister has calmed encouragement: "The current levels indicate that there is no health risk," he told public broadcaster NHK TV.

"We're not worried. If you are going to go out, use an umbrella. And if it gets wet, dry," he said. Japan's meteorological agency also expected rainfall in the vicinity of the central Fukushima (240 kilometers north of Tokyo), where they continue to work to prevent nuclear damage from further consideration after the earthquake of March 11.

The Government of Japan on Saturday also detected high levels of radioactivity in tap water in Tokyo, and milk and agricultural products around the Fukushima nuclear plant, but said that the contamination "is no immediate risk," according to his spokesman, Yukio Edan. Edan said that the government will take appropriate action and do not rule out possible limitations in the distribution of local products.

It also stated that on the afternoon of Friday found a "high level of radiation" in milk produced in Fukushima, and Saturday in spinach grown in the neighboring region of Ibaraki. These levels are not hazardous to health, however, stressed that people remain calm, after announcing the results of food samples.

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