Radioactive contaminated beef found in Shizuoka

[sce56]

Source: NHK World (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Radioactive contaminated beef found in Shizuoka

Radioactive cesium above the government's standard level has been found in more beef from Fukushima Prefecture. The meat was sold in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan and some of it has already been consumed. The meat comes from a cow raised on a farm in Minamisoma City, near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant. Above normal levels of radioactive cesium have also been found in 11 other head of cattle from the same farm after they were brought to a slaughterhouse in Tokyo. Officials of Shizuoka City, more than 300 kilometers from Minamisoma City, say a meat-packing company bought 27 kilograms of the beef on June 10th.

13 kilograms have already been sold to restaurants in the city. In an inspection, Shizuoka City detected 1,998 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, 4 times higher than the government's standard. The remainder, 14 kilograms of beef from Minamisoma was purchased by a meat dealer and sold by retailers or consumed at restaurants. Tokyo, Kanagawa and 3 other prefectures also have found that meat from 6 head of cattle raised by the same producer was sold to some local dealers.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 01:51 +0900 (JST)


Read more: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_40.html

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Who would have thought?

[chervilant]

1. Yeah,

and I notice the dearth of responses to this news...

[FBaggins]

3. It isn't particularly "news"

Not just because it has been posted a couple of times, but because small amounts of contamination are expected to pop up just about all over the place.

The levels reported here are below the U.S. standard, and an expert on the subject in Japan clarified yesterday that at that level you would need to eat more than half a pound a day, every day for a year to get even a 1 millisievert dose.

[Roci]

2. That is far

from the worst that stands to happen. Cesium is only one in a long list of much nastier elements which have contaminated the area. Next to Strontium (which gets into bones) Cesium is nothing, unless of course one discounts thyroid cancer and a life time on medication for an entire generation of children. The extent of all of this is being downplayed by a government already in trouble. The magnitude of what is still to come can only be described as horrible, and tragic.

[PearliePoo2]

4. You are correct....

It's only the beginning.
Radiation is showing up all over Japan, some areas have higher concentration than others due to geological issues and weather patterns. And it's NOT like the valve has been turned off.
This shit is still spewing and the disaster is out of control.
TEPCO is throwing what ever they can think of against the wall hoping it sticks.
There's been no book written on how to proceed with fixing this massive FUBAR.

[dana_b]

5. I saw this on the other thread

horriffic - it may not be the "worst" element however a build up of any of them over time can be deadly to the body. I hope little kids aren't eating this beef.