Radiation traces found in milk, spinach near plant

  • 21/03/2011

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

While the radiation levels exceeded the limits allowed by the govt, an official said that the products `pose no immediate health risk' and more testing was being done on other foods. Japan said radia March 19: Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled on Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel. Firefighters also pumped tons of water directly from the ocean into one of the most troubled areas of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, the cooling pool for used fuel rods at the plant