Radiation from Japan detected in RP
03/30/2011Small amounts of radiation from Japan’s da-maged nuclear plant have been detected in the Philip-pines, the government said yesterday, while emphasizing the traces posed no danger to humans.
“We have detected the isotopes, but we would like to ask the public not to panic,” Tina Cerbolis, a spokesman for the Phi-lippine Nuclear Research Institute, said. Stressing
that very tiny amounts of radiation in the air were detected.
The institute released an advisory notice Tuesday saying the radiation was from Japan’s nuclear power plant at Fukushima, which has been leaking since being damaged by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110330hed6.html
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