Following up this article .. Increasing leakage of Iodine 131
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will quit measuring Iodine131 from tapwater after 4/1/2012.
They have been measuring cesium (safety limit = 200Bq/Kg) and iodine (safety limit = 300Bq/Kg) from tapwater since 3/21/2011.
However,”because the half life time is short”, they decided not to measure Iodine131 after 4/1/2012.
No compensation guideline of possible thyroid disease is decided.
