US halts Japan food imports, Tokyo water contaminated

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By REUTERS 
03/23/2011 09:34

Parents asked not to feed infants tap water near tsunami-smashed nuclear plant; US to block milk, fruit and vegetable imports.

    TOKYO - Radiation danger from Japan's tsunami-smashed nuclear plant loomed on Wednesday with water in Tokyo showing hazardous levels for infants and the United States becoming the first nation to block food imports.

Tokyo authorities said water at a purification plant for the capital of 13 million people had 210 becquerels of radioactive iodine -- more than twice the safety level for infants.

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