Experts question radiation limits as crisis continues in Japan
Japan's famous tea industry continues to be plagued by ongoing alerts about radiation levels in tea leaves. In fact, industry insiders claim that this may be the worst crisis in the country's centuries-long tea farming history. Japan's Tea Exporters Association concedes that foreign and domestic demand has dropped dramatically, even before these radiation discoveries. However, the industry body is now going on the offensive by protesting government regulations in respect to radioactive contamination of tea leaves, that it deems far too strict. According to current regulations, a person would have to eat a pound of green tea leaves per day for a year before hurting his health.