According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Cs-134/137 were measured from 9 of 9 samples of Ibaraki tea leaves. The samples are the first-grade tea from Ibaraki prefecture. Sampling dates are 5/17 ~ 5/20/2013. The highest reading was 3 Bq/Kg (Cs-134 : 0.9 Bq/Kg, Cs-137 : 2.1 Bq/kg). These were not supposed to be [...]
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Cs-134/137 detected from all the samples of first-grade tea in Ibaraki
Posted by Mochizuki on May 25th, 2013
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report 
Tags: 311, first-grade, fukushima, Ibaraki, japan, MHLW, nuclear, radiation, tea, tepco 
1 Comment »23 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 from tea powder in Shizuoka
Posted by Mochizuki on March 16th, 2013
According to MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), 23 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 was measured from tea powder produced in Shizuoka prefecture. Shizuoka is one of the largest tea-producing areas. Sampling date : 2/27/2013 Origin : Shizuoka Cs-134 : 10 Bq/Kg Cs-137 : 13 Bq/Kg I avoided green tea for my friend’s [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: 311, fukushima, green tea, japan, MHLW, nuclear, radiation, shizuoka, tea, tepco 1 Comment »[Column] A strange present
Posted by Mochizuki on March 7th, 2013
I bought my friend a birthday present. Haven’t given it to her yet. It’s a Japanese tea set. A near tea shop imports a lot of tea-related things from Japan like fancy items. It’s a Japanese tea set but I changed the green tea with Mate tea. Mate tea tastes like Matcha. The green [...]
Posted in Daily News, Media blackout Tags: 311, column, fukushima, green tea, japan, nuclear, radiation, tea, tepco 12 Comments »Radioactive tea leaves are exported from Japan to Hongkong
Posted by Mochizuki on January 27th, 2013
According to the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hongkong, radioactive tea leaves and other agricultural products are imported from Japan to Hongkong. From the spinach, 1000 Bq/Kg of Iodine-131 was measured on 3/23/2011. Example.. 1. Tea powder Sampling date : 3/23/2012 Cs-134 : 120 Bq/Kg Cs-137 [...]
Posted in Daily News, Global consequences Tags: 311, export, fukushima, hongkong, import, japan, nuclear, radiation, spinach, tea, tepco 3 Comments »48 Bq/Kg of cesium from green tea latte powder in Ibaraki prefecture for sale
Posted by Mochizuki on December 29th, 2012
According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 48 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from green tea latte powder produced in Ibaraki prefecture. It was for sale. Sample : Green tea latte powder Cs-134 : 19 Bq/Kg Cs-137 : 28 Bq/Kg Origin : Ibaraki Sampling date : 12/20/2012 Source Iori Mochizuki Thank you for [...]
20 Bq/kg from Shizuoka tea leaves sold in Tokushima Shikoku
Posted by Mochizuki on December 9th, 2012
According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 20 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from tea leaves. It was produced in Shizuoka prefecture, and sold in Tokushima prefecture of Shikoku. Sample : Tea leaves Origin : Shizuoka Sold : Tokushima (Western Japan) Sampling date : 11/6/2012 Cs-134 : 8.01 Bq/Kg Cs-137 : 12.3 Bq/Kg Source Iori [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: fukushima, japan, MHLW, nuclear, radiation, shizuoka, tea, tepco, Tokushima 1 Comment »[Contamination reached far western Japan] 80 Bq/Kg of cesium from tea leaves produced in Kagoshima
Posted by Mochizuki on November 13th, 2012
According to the analysis of Citizens’ nuclear information center, 80 Bq/Kg of cesium134/137 was measured from tea leaves produced in Kagoshima prefecture, where is the furthest western part of Japan except for Okinawa. (Cs-134/137, Origin) 80 Bq/kg, Kagoshima 40 Bq/Kg, Shizuoka 120 Bq/Kg, Saitama Source Iori Mochizuki _____ Italiano: [La contaminazione ha raggiunto [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: cnic, fukushima, japan, Kagoshima, kyushu, nuclear, radiation, saitama, shizuoka, tea, tepco 5 Comments »Highly contaminated barley and wheat are coming to the market
Posted by Mochizuki on August 12th, 2012
Two of the most basic ingredients, barley and wheat are highly contaminated and distributed to everyday supermarkets. Though Japanese barley and wheat don’t have price competitive power, we need to check the exporting volume of Japanese contaminated products and to where. On this article, I will only report the contamination situation of them. In July of [...]
Posted in Daily News, Radiation measurement, Scientific report Tags: barley, fukushima, Ibaraki, japan, nuclear, radiation, tea, tepco, wheat 3 Comments »1774 Bq/kg of cesium from tea leaves
Posted by Mochizuki on May 16th, 2012
1774 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from tea leaves by a citizen’s radiation measurement organization in Hachioji. The brand name is Sayama cha, produced in west Saitama and west Tama area of Tokyo. Cesium 134 : 764Bq/kg Cesium 137 : 1010Bq/kg Total : 1774 Bq/kg Source Iori Mochizuki
20,290 Bq/Kg of cesium from Yacon tea and already consumed
Posted by Mochizuki on April 15th, 2012
Following up this article..17,200 Bq/Kg from tea leaves From another sample of yacon tea, they measured 20,290 Bq/Kg of cesium. ヤーコン茶から17,200Bq/kg が検出された問題で、今回別の検体から20,290Bq/kgが検出されました。 The tea maker GOLD rand announce they measured 17,200 Bq/kg from Yacon tea leaved on 4/12, but they additionally announced they measured 14,970~20,290 Bq/kg from 4 of 10 samples made in 2011. 販売元である株式会社 [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: cesium, fukushima, japan, nuclear, radiation, tea, tepco 2 Comments »
