The Indonesian shrimp flagged as a health hazard had 68 becquerels of Cesium-137. The FDA’s “derived intervention level” — more of a guideline than an enforceable standard — is about 20 times higher, ...
The capsules contain about 30% of all the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site.
The standard should be, if Cesium-137 or other isotopes of concern are detectable in food items, they ought to be pulled off ...