Officials: Water on Japan Bases Safe

March 25, 2011
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Water at U.S. military bases in Japan is safe to drink, U.S. Forces Japan said Thursday as public concern grew over elevated radiation levels detected in water and food supplies in Tokyo in recent days.

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday that pregnant women and children under the age of three in the city should drink only bottled water. The embassy warning cited reports from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that radioactive iodine levels exceeding consumable limits for children under 3 had been detected at a purification plant Wednesday.

While food and water are safe to consume at bases in Japan, the military has “enhanced our measures to safeguard food and water supplies on all our military installations in Japan,” the USFJ statement read. “As an extra precaution, we have increased the frequency of water tests to daily to ensure the safety of our personnel and their families.”

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