http://uncannyterrain.com The organic peaches, pears, grapes and apples Kinju Watanabe grows in Fukushima City have shown no detectable radiation, despite soil contamination in the area of 2,000 Becquerels per kilogram, and other farmers' fruits testing at 40-80 Bq/kg.
Although grown in contaminated areas, all of the Fukushima organic produce Takehiro Makuta distributes has tested "ND," not detected—below the detection limit of the measurement device, not necessarily zero. Some researchers theorize that bacteria and fungi that flourish in organic soil prevent the crops from absorbing cesium, or transmute the cesium into non-radioactive barium.
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福島市、渡邉果樹園さん。もも、りんご、巨峰を低農薬で何十年にも渡り育てている。福島第一原発事故で降りおりた放射能汚染の下で、今年も多くの汚染の悩みを抱えながら例年通り低農薬で果物を育て、収穫を迎える。汚染が果物に移行しないように、マクタアメニティーの幕田武広さんの協力で多くの有機的手法を果樹に施してきた。出荷前に放射能汚染を検出する調査にりんごと巨峰を出した渡邉さん。其の検出結果を得た幕田が、渡邉果樹園を訪れる。
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