Japan: radiation levels in milk, spinach high as traces of radioactive iodine discovered in Tokyo tap water

Spinach and milk taken from farms near Japan's crippled nuclear plant exceeded government-set safety limits for radiation, the government said on Saturday, in the first report of food contamination from the accident.The tainted milk was found 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the plant while the spinach came from a neighboring prefecture...The spinach radiation level is about one-fifth of one CT scan, Edano said. 

"It's not like if you ate it right away you would be harmed," Edano said. "It would not be good to continue to eat it for some time." IBN Live

Traces of radioactive iodine-131 have turned up in Tokyo tap water indicating that the resevoirs sources for drinking water were exposed to the shifing radioactive plume from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

See Beyond Nuclear's No Safe Dose fact sheet and consider that consuming this contaminated milk or spinach will result in an internal dose of radiation which can be much more damaging than an external dose only. Contaminated food among hungry people is yet another way nuclear power has made what is a horrible natural disaster even worse.