About 2.3 percent of farmers in Fukushima Prefecture yielded rice with radioactive cesium levels exceeding the government’s new safety standard, according to prefectural government officials.
Survey: 2.3% of farmers produce rice above cesium safety standard
A farmer walks by a rice paddy in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where high levels of cesium were confirmed in September. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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