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Flaxseed, a food item known to be rich in fiber and antioxidants, can also help protect against the damaging effects of radiation, a new study has found.
Following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear facility, all milk, milk products, fresh vegetables and fruit from the prefecture nearest to the stricken plant would be barred from entering into the U.S., according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The National Milk Producers Federation has noted, as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) precautionary, routine monitoring of milk, water and select other products for radiation, the EPA reported that extremely low levels of iodine-131 were found in milk samples collected in Spokane, Wash., and San Luis Obispo, Cal.