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LA Times: "Tokyo tap water not safe for infants, officials warn"

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Wed, 2011-03-23 08:31 — mdmcdonald

Levels of radioactive iodine are found to be about double the safe levels for children under age of 1. Black smoke billows from a reactor at the stricken Japanese nuclear plant.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-tokyo-water-20110324,0,7951826.story

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Wed, 2011-03-23 10:24 — mdmcdonald

Below is a related article in the Christian Science Monitor:

"Officials warned today that infants should not drink Tokyo tap water because radioactive iodine exceeded legal limits at on purification facility. 

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/0323/Tokyo-tap-water-too-radioactive-for-infants-officials-say

 

The discussion of food safety and radiation levels is of greatest concern in this article.  Again, the science base and sources require further verification and discussion. 

This again raising the need for severity-indexed, trigger point-based prospective best practices.

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