Cesium in baby powder (2 posts)

  • Profile picture of neko neko said 5 months, 1 week ago:

    This is a real concern. Contaminated baby powder. My mother friends are now purchasing imported powder from America. It is not cheap but at least you know it is safe. Japan too stressful for parents, just cant be 100% sure you are buying radiation free food for baby. i

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-06/radioactive-cesium-found-in-meiji-baby-formula-spurs-recall-shares-fall.html

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  • Profile picture of nobby nobby said 5 months, 1 week ago:

    Definately not good, even if minute levels of cesium.

    “Cesium-137 that enters the body is distributed throughout the soft tissues, especially in muscle….

    Radiation is more dangerous for infants because their cells are dividing more rapidly and radiation-damaged RNA may be carried in more generations of cells, . The risk for children depends on the quantity of radioactive cesium they consume or are exposed to,…”

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