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Extremely high level of Cesium 134/137 in agricultural products near Minamisoma city

Still 102,900 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 measured from Matsutake mushroom in Minamisoma city Iori Mochizuki Fukushima Diary, 9 Nov 14, According to Minamisoma city government, still extremely high level of Cs-134/137 is detected from agricultural products.

From their latest report of September, 102,900 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 was measured from Matsutake mushroom. The city government reports it was collected for self-consumption, but the ratio of Cs-134 and Cs-137 was not announced.

Also 28,240 Bq/Kg and 17,058 Bq/Kg were measured from other Matsutake mushroom samples.

2,094 ~ 14,140 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 were detected from “Inohana” mushroom as well.

Still high level of radioactive material is accumulated in mushroom in Minamisoma city.

http://www.city.minamisoma.lg.jp/index.cfm/10,1672,c,html/1672/h26.09.pdf

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/still-102900-bqkg-cs-134137-measured-matsutake-mushroom-minamisoma-city/

November 10, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, Japan