Radiation Detected on Passengers

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Radiation Detected on Airline Passengers From Japan

Higher-than-normal levels of radiation are found on the clothing of passengers from Japan arriving in South Korea and Taiwan, but the levels don’t appear to be dangerous and the passengers do not appear to be ill, reports say.

Los Angeles Times March 17, 2011

Higher-than-normal levels of radiation have been detected on the clothes of airline passengers arriving in South Korea andTaiwan from Japan, although the levels did not appear to be high enough to be dangerous and the passengers did not appear to be ill, wire services reported Thursday.

Radiation was detected on a Japanese man from Fukushima prefecture, where the damaged nuclear reactors are located, arriving at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The radiation level detected was 1 microsievert and was located on the man’s coat and shoes, Yonhap reported; the abnormal radiation levels disappeared once the coat and shoes were taken off. Kyodo News Agency reported that the South Korean government considers any radiation level above 1 microsievert as “abnormal.”

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