Saturday, March 19, 2011

Food and Water now radioactive in Japan

"Food, water now radioactive in Japan; sales halted while governments play the radiation doublespeak game."

It's a line straight out of the Mad Max films: "What's a little fallout, eh?"



March 19, 2011
By Mike Adams

As the situation in Fukushima continues to deteriorate, radiation levels keep rising. Now the food and water near (and inside) Tokyo is becoming irradiated. Reuters reports that the water in Tokyo is now contaminated with radioactive iodine (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011...).

AP is also reporting that both spinach and milk from Fukushima is radioactive, and a few officials are slowly admitting that the level of radioactivity is "beyond safe levels" for human consumption.

The IAEA is also confirming now that Japan has halted the sale of food products from the Fukushima area (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011...), although official seem to be saying that the food will be safe to eat if you just "wait a little while" for the radiation levels to fall. Sounds scrumptious.

The radiation game

What we're seeing now with the food reports, the radioactive water and even news from the Fukushima nuclear plant itself is a desperate attempt to downplay the dangers from radiation.  Read More