A leading Japanese food manufacturer says the radioactive metal cesium has been discovered in its baby food. The Meiji Company said Tuesday that it has launched an immediate recall of 400,000 containers of powdered baby milk. The company said the level of cesium were well below government safety limits. The Meiji company said it volunteered the recall. And it said it is not sure how the substance got into its powdered milk. But it says it suspects it came from the Fukushima-Daiich power Plant in March. The plant was struck by the earthquake and tsunami. Cesium cannot be seen, tasted or smelled.
日本の大手食品メーカーは、自社製品から放射性物質であるセシウムが検出された発表した。明治乳業は、火曜日、粉ミルク40万缶の即時レコールを発表した。会社の発表によると、セシウムのレベルは政府の安全基準を十分下回っていたが、自主的にリコールをしたとのことである。また同会社はどうやってセシウムが粉ミルクに入ったか、わからないが、地震と津波で破壊された福島第一原発から来たものではないかと、言っている。セシウムは、無味無臭無色である。
My thought/opinion on this issue
I live in a place far from Fukushima, so I have not been conscious of the radiation problem in daily life, especially in food. But I can easily imagine that people in Kanto area have become nervous about it.
Now people in Japan have faced very difficult situation. However, I expect that people will conquer it with wisdom and calm.
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It seems this will be a problem that the Japanese people will be dealing with for a while, unfortunately.
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