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Radiation Intake By Fukushima
Families Up
Fukushima Nuclear Plant
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Jan. 20, 2012
TOKYO, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Families
in Japan living near the site of the damaged Fukushima
nuclear plant are eating more radioactive cesium but are not
in danger, a study says.
The median daily intake of radioactive cesium in meals eaten
in Fukushima prefecture is more than 11 times the level in
the Kanto region near Tokyo but still well within safety
standards, a joint study by Kyoto University's Department of
Health and Environmental Sciences and The Asahi Shimbun
newspaper found.
The intake level for Fukushima residents would mean an
annual internal radiation exposure about 40 times lower than
a new, stricter annual maximum the Japanese government is
set to introduce in April.
"Even the cesium level in Fukushima
prefecture is sufficiently low," said Akio Koizumi, a
professor at Kyoto University's Graduate School of Medicine
who conducted the study. "It did not turn out to be so high
as to give rise to concern about its health effects."
"The total cesium content in meals tends to be thinned out,
because food ingredients circulating in the market come from
a variety of regions," he said. "The latest figures are not
so large that one should immediately review the choice of
food ingredients. It is essential to have a well-balanced
diet to disperse the risks."
Food
always contains minute amounts of radioactive elements from
natural sources, researchers said, and the radiation from
cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant fell short of
that background level.
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