Nuclear Reactor Cooling Process in Japan Still Continue – Firefighters still continue their efforts to cool the reactor nuclear power plants in Fukushima Daiichi, Japan. It prevents the spread of nuclear radiation leakage. In fact, yesterday, the robotic arm started to be used to pour water into the reactor. As we know that this Japan nuclear crisis was the worst Japan nuclear disaster.
However, those efforts could not prevent the radioactive contamination in drinking water. In Tokyo, the level of radioactive iodine contamination was detected in the drinking water supply. Its level reached twice of the safe limit allowed for the baby, whereas infants are particularly vulnerable to radioactive iodine that can cause thyroid cancer.
For safety, parents are advised to not use tap water to drink their babies in the long run, except for bathing. Meanwhile for adults, levels of radioactivity in Tokyo tap water does not cause direct harm.
In other side, the list of vegetables that are exposed to nuclear contamination increases. After spinach, chrysanthemum leaves, and canola that are previously announced as nuclear-contaminated vegetables, now broccoli and parsley are also included in the list.
Respond to the problem, Food and Drug Association or FDA now banned the import of vegetables, fresh fruit, milk and milk products from four prefectures in Japan, ie, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma. Besides the United States, China, Taiwan and South Korea also began to carry out stringent checks on food imported from Japan.
Levels of iodine and cesium radioactive were also found in marine waters near Japan. Investigators ships were deployed to retrieve and analyze samples of contaminated sea water.
It caused residents are reluctant to eat sea food. Sales of fish also declined sharply. At least for the moment, Japanese citizens can not freely enjoy the raw fish, like sushi and sashimi
