Radioactive tea voluntarily surrendered to Hong Kong authorities — 196 Bq/kg of cesium, almost double Japan’s limit

That will be this many dollars.

Tea bag

Sampled on June 8, 2012
Cs134= 76 Bq/kg
Cs137 = 120 Bq/kg
Total Cesium = 196 Bq/kg
Not exceeding Codex guideline levels
Voluntary surrendered by importer for disposal. Not distributed for sale in local market.
Perhaps Hong Kong maintains similar laws to what Japan had before 3/11:

Previously, Japanese regulations required nuclear waste with 100 or more bq/kg of Cesium to be monitored and disposed of in specialized containers.
Oatmeal was also found to be radioactive in recent testing by Hong Kong authorities:


Sampled on August 1, 2012
Cs134= N/D Bq/kg
Cs137 = 7 Bq/kg
Not exceeding Codex guideline levels

[link to www.cfs.gov.hk]

radioactive-tea-voluntarily-surrendered-to-hong-kong-authorit​ies-196-bqkg-of-cesium-almost-double-japans-limit

My favorite tea is genmai cha from Japan. It has parched rice in with the tea leaves, and has a great aroma and taste. However, since 3/11 I have been leery of buying it. Guess this confirms my fears.

Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.


[link to www.10newstogo.com]

2/6/2012 (2:31pm): A new milk sample has been measured, this one with a best-by date of 2/16/2012. The results are posted to the milk sample page. Low levels of both Cs-134 and Cs-137 were still detected in the sample.
Best Buy Date of 02/16/2012

Cs-134 @ 0.052 Bq/L
Cs-137 @ 0.115 Bq/L
0.167 Bq/L of radioactive cesium = 4.526 picocuries/L (1 Bq = 27.1 picocuries)

The EPA Maximum Contaminant Level for radioactive cesium in milk is 3 picocuries/L:

“EPA lumps these gamma and beta emitters together under one collective MCL [Maximum Contaminant Level], so if you’re seeing cesium-137 in your milk or water, the MCL is 3.0 picocuries per liter; if you’re seeing iodine-131, the MCL is 3.0; if you’re seeing cesium-137 and iodine-131, the MCL is still 3.0.” -Forbes.com

[link to www.forbes.com]

Highest cesium levels since at least August 2011 (Since the MDA was higher over the summer, it’s hard to be sure of the exact levels back then):

[link to www.nuc.berkeley.edu]

[link to enenews.com]

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Kelp off Southern California was contaminated with short-lived radioisotopes a month after Japan’s Fukushima accident, a sign that the spilled radiation reached the state’s urban coastline, according to a new scientific study.

Scientists from California State University, Long Beach tested giant kelp collected in the ocean off Orange County and other locations after the March, 2011 accident, and detected radioactive iodine, which was released from the damaged nuclear reactor.

[link to www.scientificamerican.com]

High levels of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster reached Pacific shores just days after the catastrophe occurred, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Tests conducted on samples of Macrocystis pyrifera, also known as Giant kelp, revealed the presence of radioactive iodine-131 at levels 500 percent higher in Southern California than in any other area of the country tested.

Based on data collected from several different test sites, researchers from the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Department of Biological Sciences learned that the highest levels of radioactive contamination from Fukushima occurred in Central and Southern California. But the worst contamination of all, at least as far as iodine-131 is concerned, was found at Southern California's Corona Del Mar beach.

According to the figures, samples of Giant kelp pulled from the Santa Cruz area revealed 2.0 becquerels per gram dry weight (Bq/gdwt) of radioactive iodine-131, which can also be written as 2,000 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg) of radiation. At Corona Del Mar, however, levels of radioactive iodine-131 were discovered at 2.5 Bq/gdwt, or 2,500 Bq/kg.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s established maximum contaminant level (MCL) for radioactive iodine-131 in milk is a mere 170 Bq/kg. This is the same maximum level established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for radioactive iodine-131 in food.

More at link:
[link to www.naturalnews.com]

Kellogg’s All Brown Buran Flake Plain (Expiration Date: May 2013)

Cs-134 @ 8.95 Becquerels/kilogram (Bq/kg)
Cs-137 @ 10.76 Bq/kg
Total Cesium @ 19.71 Bq/kg

[link to www.kon-tida.net]

[link to fukushima-diary.com]

[link to enenews.com]

Harmless traces of radioactive cesium have been discovered in fish and seawater in several areas of Japan, as the country continues to debate whether their fish is safe to consume and anti-nuke protests grow in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.

Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) stated that radioactive cesium, presumably from the crippled Fukushima I nuclear plant, was found in seawater and fish in several regions of the country, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported from Tokyo.

The aquatic radiation was detected in central Japan (Shizuoka Prefecture), the western part of central Honshu (Niigata) and the country’s northeast (Iwate).

The concentrations of radioactive particles are very small, and pose no health risks to humans, MEXT said. The ministry believes that cesium may have traveled to the area in rainfall.

Radioactive cesium is a human-made radioactive isotope produced through the nuclear fission of the element cesium. It has a half-life of 30 years, making it extremely toxic
[link to www.rt.com]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mighty Atom. Tomorrow I'm off to the market for some genmai cha!

They can sale this Stuff in Canada,
People there are so stupid to accept it
because they have
extraordinary high Limits (1.000Bq.)

Yes, they can Atom Boy! For example - you and I are different. I post information. I don't pretend to be an expert nor school people about radiation OR tell them what is and is not safe to eat.

So you're questioning that one swipe test. Go to his page and ask questions.

Seriously..?

Japan has been forced to put off resuming beef exports to the United States at the last minute, due to US concerns about effects of last year’s nuclear accident.

Shipments were due to resume on Saturday starting with cattle processed that day.

Japanese beef exports to the United States had been suspended for over two years after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki.

But Japanese officials say the US side requested a halt on Thursday, saying it wanted to check how Japan is inspecting beef and managing feed to prevent radioactive contamination.

[...]

[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]

[link to enenews.com]

[link to www.youtube.com]

[link to www.maruetsu.co.jp]

[link to translate.google.com]

[link to www.maruetsu.co.jp]