Sunday, April 24, 2011

Radioactive iodine found in breast milk of 4 women

Small amounts of radioactive iodine found in breast milk of 4 women
Ever since the Fukushima reactor gave way to the impact of Tsunami and earthquake, radioactivity has been difficult to control from spreading.The radioactive waters were first relesed into the pacific ocean, california had rains with ceasium and radioactive Iodine in it, and the recent news is the finding of small amounts of radioactive iodine in the breast milk of four mothers, the breast milk of the mother of an 8-month-old baby in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, contained the highest level of 36.3 becquerels of radioactive iodine per kilogram, but no radioactive cesium was found, the group said.

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