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Danger Inside: Many Fukushima residents want to be checked for internal contamination, which would indicate whether they’ve inhaled or ingested radioactive materials. Masaharu Tsubokura, a physician from the University of Tokyo, comes to Fukushima every week to conduct full-body scans. He hasn’t found anyone with dangerous levels of radiation, and only a few with detectable levels. Interviews with those few revealed that they’d been foraging for food in the hills; typically they’d eaten wild mushrooms or lake fish.
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