JAPAN / CHINA NEWS - Nuclear radioactive iodine traces has been detected in Chinese Heilongilang province on Saturday, said China government agency to the state-run media.
According to the Chinese authorities, the radiation iodine level was a minuscule fraction, which is one-hundred-thousandth beyond the normal levels, and it has been emanated from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant of Japan.
The Chinese government agency has confirmed that such low level is not harmful to the public health and also said the people here do not required any extra precautions.
Earlier, such low levels radioactive iodine was also traced as far as United States and Sweden.
More to this, several nations are taking necessary steps in ensuring their citizens in Japan don't suffer due to the nuclear fall-out.
United States Embassy in Tokyo wrote on its website it would continue "to make potassium iodide tablets available to private U.S. citizens who have not been able to obtain it from their physician, employer or other sources."
Health officials said these medication can counter the radiation's harmful effects when it enters the body through contaminated water, air or other means.
Meanwhile, Japanese authorities are also distributing such pills to all close to the plant.
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