Authorities advised not to give tap water especially to children, despite decreased levels of radioactivity
Tokyo. EFE. Citizens Tokyo has spent most of the stocks of bottled water yesterday after authorities advise against children to drink water and even though today the radiation levels dropped to acceptable levels.
Authorities in the capital today distributed 240,000 bottles of 550 milliliters to the families of about 80,000 babies in Tokyo (three bottles per child) and five nearby towns, fearing radioactive contamination.
mothers, many with their children, waited patiently to get a good beginning to run out just after the earthquake on day 11 and that yesterday's announcement has almost disappeared from the shelves in the capital.
concern that the lack of bottled water is worse in a metropolitan area with over 30 million people has prompted the government to ask the bottling companies to increase their production and considering the option of importing water from abroad.
The focus is on Kanamachi treatment plant, where water on Tuesday reported a concentration of radioactive iodine (the isotope I-131) of 210 becquerel per kilo higher than the value 100 for infants, but below 300 Bq for adults.
The mayor of Tokyo said today that the iodine content in the plant has fallen over two days to 79 Bq. However, concern about the impact of radioactive leaks in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami of the last thirteen days, have continued despite appeals for calm from the authorities.
Although the nuclear plant is about 250 kilometers north of Tokyo and its metropolitan area, today increased radioactive contamination above the recommended level for children in the purifying waters of Saitama and Chiba, near the capital.
crisis TOKYO
. AP. Tokyo supermarkets all started on Thursday _ food rationing milk, toilet paper, rice and water _ amid fears of a severe food shortage, while nuclear authorities reported that three workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered injuries after being exposed to radioactive material.
In the Japanese capital, the lack of bottled water coupled with the disruption of food shipment left empty shelves after two weeks of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan.
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Authorities in the capital today distributed 240,000 bottles of 550 milliliters to the families of about 80,000 babies in Tokyo (three bottles per child) and five nearby towns, fearing radioactive contamination.
mothers, many with their children, waited patiently to get a good beginning to run out just after the earthquake on day 11 and that yesterday's announcement has almost disappeared from the shelves in the capital.
concern that the lack of bottled water is worse in a metropolitan area with over 30 million people has prompted the government to ask the bottling companies to increase their production and considering the option of importing water from abroad.
The focus is on Kanamachi treatment plant, where water on Tuesday reported a concentration of radioactive iodine (the isotope I-131) of 210 becquerel per kilo higher than the value 100 for infants, but below 300 Bq for adults.
The mayor of Tokyo said today that the iodine content in the plant has fallen over two days to 79 Bq. However, concern about the impact of radioactive leaks in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami of the last thirteen days, have continued despite appeals for calm from the authorities.
Although the nuclear plant is about 250 kilometers north of Tokyo and its metropolitan area, today increased radioactive contamination above the recommended level for children in the purifying waters of Saitama and Chiba, near the capital.
crisis TOKYO
. AP. Tokyo supermarkets all started on Thursday _ food rationing milk, toilet paper, rice and water _ amid fears of a severe food shortage, while nuclear authorities reported that three workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant suffered injuries after being exposed to radioactive material.
In the Japanese capital, the lack of bottled water coupled with the disruption of food shipment left empty shelves after two weeks of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of Japan.
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