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Excerpted from “Japan's ocean radiation hits 7.5 million times legal limit; High readings in fish prompt the government to establish a maximum level for safe consumption.” By Kenji Hall and Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2011, 4:39 a.m.
[SIZE="+2"]T[/SIZE]he operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it had found radioactive iodine at 7.5 million times the legal limit in a seawater sample taken near the facility, and government officials imposed a new health limit for radioactivity in fish.
The reading of iodine-131 was recorded Saturday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Another sample taken Monday found the level to be 5 million times the legal limit. The Monday samples also were found to contain radioactive cesium at 1.1 million times the legal limit. …
“We regret having caused concern to other countries because of the discharge of the radioactive water.” — Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director general of the industry regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
Such radioactivity levels are mind boggling.