Tokyo, July 9 (ANI): Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been detected in a herd of cattle from Fukushima prefecture, the Tokyo metropolitan government has confirmed.
This is the first time that radiation has been found in domestic meat following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which eventually led to a nuclear crisis in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The Wall Street Journal quoted a Ministry of Health spokesman as saying that the level of radioactive cesium detected in the 11 cattle exceeded Japan's safety standards by three to six times.
He also said that all the affected cattle belong to the same farm in Minamisouma, which is located near the crippled Fukushima plant.
Following the catastrophe, reports had been emerging that high levels of radiation was found in samples of milk and certain vegetables near the plant.
It was reported last month that over three millisieverts of radiation was measured in the urine of 15 residents living in the village of Litate and Kawamata towns that are located about 30 to 40 kilometres away from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. (ANI)
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