Radioactive cesium detected in tea products in Saitama, Chiba

And yet NOTHING was found in the rice they harvested in fukushima? Come on J government.

2,720 becquerels of cesium per kilogram in tea products in Chiba and up to 1,530 becquerels of cesium in tea products from Saitama. The legal limit is 500 becquerels.

I hope they find out where the tea leaves come from.

And they just found out that the mushrooms in Fukushima are highly radioactive. Surprise!

More likely they should be asking how the tea was contaminated?

Contamination is in Chiba and Saitama how did it get there?

And what of Tokyo?

So many unanswered questions that are not being answered!

Wow... that's the first time I've ever heard of a snap inspection carried out here, and I hope there are a lot more. Usually they call a week ahead and ask the place to be inspected to prepare the proper materials for inspection.

Anyway, we're all going to get the fallout in one form or another, guaranteed.

This is not looking good folks. Chinese, Sri-Lankan and Indian teas only are the way to go.

Very suspicious that only tea leaves far away are officially contaminated. The only thing that will save us is the labels on food. Check everything.

And yet NOTHING was found in the rice they harvested in fukushima? Come on J government.

Did they actually say this? All the news I have seen says that the radiation detected in the rice was below the limit, not that nothing was found. I won't be eating it anyway of course!

@Darren. link? Thought not.

Contamination is in Chiba and Saitama how did it get there?

Fell from the sky, of course.

I don't think this typhoon will have eased their (Tokyo's) problems.

A good rinsing will have moved a lot of radioactivity into the streams, rivers, and bays. Not so good for the marine ecosystem, but the dilution factor is huge, and it will have reduced a lot of contamination in gutters, drains, etc.

Link?

One problem with this testing procedure is that there are no penalties. The only thing that the government does when products that violate standards are sold to consumers is to ask producers to refrain from sending the contaminated product to the market. If people started going to prison when official standards are violated, then more of the contaminated stuff might be found before it goes into kindergartners' mouths.

I happened to be guzzling green tea at the moment of reading this article.

Makes me wish they would actually list the names of the products when they make these announcements.

Spread the word to your kids' schools to check out everything. Don't settle for their embarrassment over this situation. Don't settle for the generic labeled products marked from Japan. We have to keep that food out of the food supply and make these apathetic lemmings know the truth. (Not to be over insulting, but it's hard not to be ... especially when institutions should've done this themselves months ago!)

I tackled the school about the lunches. From the start of this term, all ingredients used are listed with their point of origin on the school's website page. Suginami-ku is asking all schools to follow suit. Whilst my fears have been a wee bit allayed, I am still totally on top of the whole thing. I don't feel like I canst my guard down at all. These measures should have been implemented months ago. Still produce being sold in the local shops from Fukushima.

People ask why Saitama and Tokyo. Well, some think it actually comes from Ibaraki's infamous Tokai-mura rather than Fukushima. I seem to have gotten out the area just in time.