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Panic on seafood,tap water safety plagues Japan

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-03-23 21:13

 

Shelves where local bottled water are placed are empty as imported bottled water are seen for sale at a convenience store in central Tokyo March 23, 2011. Japanese authorities advised against allowing infants to drink tap water in Tokyo due to raised radiation levels and the United States became the first nation to block some food imports from Japan. The crisis at the tsunami-smashed nuclear power plant, 250 km (150 miles) north of the Japanese capital, appeared far from over with workers attempting to gain control ordered to leave the site after black smoke began rising from one of its six reactors. The plant was crippled by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11.[Photo/Agencies]

 

A woman buys bottled water imported from France at a convenience store in central Tokyo March 23, 2011. Japanese authorities advised against allowing infants to drink tap water in Tokyo due to raised radiation levels and the United States became the first nation to block some food imports from Japan. The crisis at the tsunami-smashed nuclear power plant, 250 km (150 miles) north of the Japanese capital, appeared far from over with workers attempting to gain control ordered to leave the site after black smoke began rising from one of its six reactors. The plant was crippled by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11.[Photo/Agencies]