Today, officials in Tokyo have found that samples of drinking water contain levels of radioactive iodine twice the safe level for infants to drink. While under the recommended limit for adults, it is still unsafe for adults to drink as well. Stores have cleared their shelves of the contaminated water, and the non-contaminated water has been flying off the shelves. Some stores had to institute a limit of two 2-liter bottles per customer, and they still sold out. This radiation poisoning has also affected milk and 11 vegetables.
Concerns about food safety spread Wednesday to Tokyo after officials said tap water showed elevated radiation levels: 210 becquerels of iodine-131 per liter of water — more than twice the recommended limit of 100 becquerels per liter for infants. Another measurement taken later at a different site showed the level was 190 becquerels per liter. The recommended limit for adults is 300 becquerels.
"It is really scary. It is like a vicious negative spiral from the nuclear disaster," said Etsuko Nomura, a mother of two children ages 2 and 5. "We have contaminated milk and vegetables, and now tap water in Tokyo, and I'm wondering what's next." -msnbc.com
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