Business Recorder - World - Asia https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:17:06 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:17:06 +0500 60 Radiation in Tokyo tap water 'unsafe for infants' https://www.brecorder.com/news/8242/radiation-in-tokyo-tap-water-unsafe-for-infants <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/mar/japan_404.jpg" width="400" height="340" />OSAKA: Radioactive iodine that exceeds the level considered safe for infants has been detected in Tokyo's tap water, a city government official said Wednesday.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">"Under government guidelines, water containing a radioactive substance of more than 100 becquerels per kilogramme should not be used for milk for babies," the city official told reporters.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">In one Tokyo ward, a water sample contained more than double the legal limit, at 210 becquerels per kilogramme, the official said.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b><i> </i></center></p> OSAKA: Radioactive iodine that exceeds the level considered safe for infants has been detected in Tokyo's tap water, a city government official said Wednesday.

"Under government guidelines, water containing a radioactive substance of more than 100 becquerels per kilogramme should not be used for milk for babies," the city official told reporters.

In one Tokyo ward, a water sample contained more than double the legal limit, at 210 becquerels per kilogramme, the official said.

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