Source: PDI
MANILA, Philippines—Japanese food products which have tested radioactive but stayed below the prescribed limits are “not dangerous to human health,” said the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations (PPMUN) in a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Vienna-based PPMUN, however, said Tuesday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had confirmed the “presence of radioactivity in some Japanese milk, vegetables and drinking water.”
“The data were based on laboratory analysis of samples taken over the last three days from different areas surrounding the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility. The results of some (food) samples were above the limits specified in the Japanese food hygiene for emergency monitoring criteria,” the mission said.
The other day, IAEA officials briefed representatives of various diplomatic missions in the Austrian capital.
In Fukushima prefecture, “four milk samples and one drinking water sample had shown concentration of iodine-131 in excess of the above limits,” said the PPMUN.
In the Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, “both iodine-131 and cesium-137 were detected in spinach samples,” it also said.
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MANILA, Philippines—Japanese food products which have tested radioactive but stayed below the prescribed limits are “not dangerous to human health,” said the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations (PPMUN) in a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Vienna-based PPMUN, however, said Tuesday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had confirmed the “presence of radioactivity in some Japanese milk, vegetables and drinking water.”
“The data were based on laboratory analysis of samples taken over the last three days from different areas surrounding the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility. The results of some (food) samples were above the limits specified in the Japanese food hygiene for emergency monitoring criteria,” the mission said.
The other day, IAEA officials briefed representatives of various diplomatic missions in the Austrian capital.
In Fukushima prefecture, “four milk samples and one drinking water sample had shown concentration of iodine-131 in excess of the above limits,” said the PPMUN.
In the Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, “both iodine-131 and cesium-137 were detected in spinach samples,” it also said.
