First signs of radiation in Japanese tea
Japan has reported its first case of excessive radiation levels detected in domestic tea leaves. The discovery was made in Kanagawa prefecture, just south of Tokyo, and represents the first incident in over a month of an agricultural product found to be contaminated by radiation outside the Fukushima Daiichi's home prefecture. According to officials, tests found between 550 and 570 becquerels of cesium per kilogram of tea. The leaves were tested as farmers prepared to ship this year's first crop. The prefecture had previously been testing other agricultural products, but had not found any problems of excessive contamination. All tea shipments from the prefecture were suspended since the discovery.