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Monday
Nov192012

Fukushima trout log radioactivity level over 100 times gov't limit

A mountain trout caught in a Fukushima Prefecture river returned a radioactive cesium reading of 11,400 becquerels per kilogram, more than 100 times the government-set limit for food items, a survey by the Environment Ministry said Friday. Kyodo News