Il, 14 years after the nuclear accident... "Exceeded the 28% cesium standard for wild mushrooms from Dongil."

Fourteen years after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, radioactive contamination of wild mushrooms collected in the East Japan region remained, the Tokyo Shimbun reported.

A local civic group investigated 100 wild mushrooms purchased through the Internet since September, including Fukushima and Iwate prefectures, and found that cesium exceeded the standard in 28 cases.

In Japan, the food content standard for cesium, a radioactive substance, is 100 becquerels (㏃) per kg.

In particular, 2,1 ㏃/kg of dried wild Neungi from Iwate Prefecture was detected, more than 20 times the standard, and wild mushrooms are still banned from shipping.

Of the 28 cases exceeding the standard, 24 were Neungi mushrooms, all sold anonymously on the Internet.

The Tokyo Shimbun pointed out, "The government is conducting random inspections of food sold on Internet sites that can be sold anonymously, but its limitations have been revealed."

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare inspects radioactive substances contained in agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products and beverages and publishes them on its website. This year, 34,000 cases were surveyed across Japan, and about 110 cases, 0.3%, exceeded the standard.

On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was flooded with tsunamis up to 20 meters high during the Great East Japan Earthquake, resulting in core melting and hydrogen explosions, causing a large number of radioactive substances to leak.

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