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News & ArtsTuesday, July 19, 2011
Panic / Chow Japan's New Normal
Posted by Goldy on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM
The radioactive beef panic continues, with the Japanese government finally issuing a total suspension of all beef cattle shipments from Fukushima prefecture in the wake of growing evidence of widespread radioactive contamination.
The health ministry says rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium in amounts exceeding a government standard was fed to cattle at farms in Fukushima, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures.
The ministry says 648 head of cattle were shipped from the farms, and that beef from the cattle was distributed to 35 prefectures.
The government said beef from farms in Fukushima was found to be highly radioactive, and that one sample was found to contain radioactive cesium in amounts 9 times the government standard.
Next up in the scandal: Learning exactly how widespread the shipment of radioactive straw really was.
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