Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Blamed for Contaminated Baby Formula

The Fukushima power plant in Japan experienced Japan's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, on March 11, 2011 after the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami tore through the country. The power plant was hit hard and ultimately sent plumes of radio active toxins across the country, along with other radioactive waste that may have leaked from the buildings broken structures.

Months later this disaster is being blamed for heightened amounts of cesium found in batches of baby formula. Developing children are particularly sensitive to mutagens especially the effects from radiation. Although the amount of cesium found during these tests was well below the governments safety regulations, a parent isn't going to care about that stipulation.

Media outlets are frequently reporting on the problems Japan's food sector now face because of the March, 11 disasters. Since then there have been heightened traces amounts of radioactive elements in many Japaneses products that were produced within proximity of the Fukushima power plant. Although most of the bans on Japanese food products have been lifted the stigma still continues and so does the number of products being found effected.

The Japanese government  is working to develop technologies to reverse the effects on the surrounding land. A project to be fully launched in January, is working to basically decontaminate the soils within the 12 mile evacuation zone surrounding Fukushima. This will include an attempt to replace all of the top soil in an area roughly the size of Connecticut. Its too early to say whether the tens of thousands of people displaced will be able to return at the completion of this project, or the amount of those people who would want to.

http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/07/irradiated-baby-food-spotlights-ongoing-woes-for-japans-food-sector/