Radiation found in milk and spinach near Fukushima plant
Radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near the Fukushima Daiichi plant exceeded safety limits, with iodine detected in tap water in Tokyo and Fukushima. Officials said levels were low and posed no immediate health risk, while the crisis prompted dousing of reactors, power restoration efforts, and evacuation measures as the government raised emergency exposure thresholds.
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Fukushima
Japan
Tokyo
Health Ministry
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Dai-ichi
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Fukushima Daiichi
Yukio Edano
United States
Henry Duval Royal
Washington University Medical School
Edano
Yoko Komiyama
Kazuma Yokota
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports
Science and Technology
Fukushima Plant
Kazuya Konno
Junko
Junko Konno
U.S
Nishiyama
Nuclear Safety Agency
Tokyo Electric
Motoyasu Tamaki
Temblor
Radiation tests show no health risk from Fukushima plume
U S authorities report minuscule radiation detected on the West Coast after the Fukushima disaster. Iodine and cesium isotopes reached monitoring sites in California and Washington but were far below harmful levels, with regulators noting natural background radiation is far higher.
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San Francisco
Japan
West Coast
California
Washington State
U.n.’S
International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S
U.S. Department of Energy
Sacramento
U.N
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
DOE
US Environmental Protection Agency
Vienna
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Virginia family seeks missing daughter in Japan
A Virginia couple remains without word about Taylor Anderson, 24, an English teacher with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program in Ishinomaki, last seen March 11 bicycling from a school toward her apartment after the earthquake and tsunami. Neighbors and friends spread alerts on social networks hoping for her safe return.
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Anderson
Taylor
Andersons
Japan
Obituaries: Patton and Pruett services announced
Obituary notices report funeral plans for Charles R. Patton of Bluefield and Eura Mae Crouse Pruett of Pounding Mill. Patton’s service is Monday at Cravens-Shires in Bluewell with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens, followed by visitation Sunday. Pruett, 95, died March 19 at home. private service to be held with Memorial contributions requested.
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Charles R. Patton
Betty Wilcox
Edna Nelson
Jimmy
Emmett Lambert
Andy Patton
Bluefield
Michael Patton
Kim
Todd Patton
Polly
Springville
Abby Asbury
Bree Patton
Phillip Patton
D.K. Lambert
Robin
Princeton
Danny Nelson
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Johnny Elmore
Grandview Memory Gardens
Cravensshires.com
Eura Mae Crouse Pruett
Pounding Mill
Eura
Dix Creek
Richard Thomas
Patty Columbia Asbury Crouse
Charles Peery Pruett
Charles Peery Pruett, Jr
Charles Lee Tosh III
Jack W. Puckett
Patty Puckett
Pineville
W-Va
Bonita Kay Tosh
W.va
Richard O. Pruett
Bernadette
Herndon
Franklin Monroe Pruett
Phyllis
Richlands
Bill Pruett
Kelly
Atlanta
James Pruett
Sheilah
Wendell
N.C
Doris Pruett
Teresa Pruett
Sara Pruett
Pounding Mill Christian Church
Singleton
Cedar Bluff
Eura Mae Pruett
Ben Tom Bailey Sr
Dudley Memorial Chapel
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Alaska
Bernd Jilly
State Public Health Laboratories
Washington
Health Department
Donn Moyer
Graham Andrew
International Civil Aviation Organization
IAEA
Three Mile Island
Virginia
A-3
Limestone Road
Singleton FuneralService.com
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