Produce the open-air spinach the micro- iodine of detection in Beijing-Tianjin Henan Province- 131

Produce the open-air spinach the micro- iodine of detection in Beijing-Tianjin Henan Province- 131
According to the report of Beijing (Xinhua) the 6th April ' Reporter Zhou TingYu) Ministry of Public Health is open in 6 days to report, detects iodine - 131 in the spinach planted in the open in Beijing, Tianjin, Henan and other places. Notify, inspects in the spinach which the Ministry of Health plants from Beijing, Tianjin and Henan area in the open on April 5 by random samples and finds micro- radioactive iodine - 131 according to Ministry of Public Health, the content is 1- 3Bq/kg respectively. Because of iodine of detection - 131 traces, have not influenced public health. Ministry of Public Health points out, the radioactive material in the air will subside to the ground finally. Because of the intersection of air and the intersection of medium-level radioactive substance and the intersection of density and trace very much in our country at present, the vegetables radioactive pollution caused is generally difficult by detection that it subsides. The light rain appears in Beijing and other places recently, the rainfall accelerated the subsiding of the air medium-level radioactive substance, and the light rain makes these materials can have been retained and has not been washed away on the surface of the spinach again, so micro- iodine - 131 of detection in spinach sample. Ministry of Public Health says, the monitoring result trace of radioactive nuclide in the food at present, will not influence public health, does not need to take the safeguard procedures. The government department will release the progress in time.

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