High Radiation Levels Found in Rice in Japan

Japanese authorities have stopped the shipment of rice from farms located 36 miles northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after high radiation levels were found in the rice.  The rice was found to have radioactive levels 25% higher than government regulations allow.  Although officials said there is a slight possibility for long term risk to human health, they said that the level of radioactivity would pose no immediate threat to health.  This shipment of rice is the latest of other produce and livestock that was contaminated after the earthquake that caused the plant to spew radioactive particles into the environment.  To deal with the contamination in the environment, workers are scraping off up to two inches of topsoil.  

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/17/world/asia/japan-fukushima-rice/index.html?iref=allsearch