Radiation ‘poses no threat’ to local food produce

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.

Radiation concerns were raised after authorities found caesium-137-contaminated furnace dust at a steel plant in Prachin Buri’s Kabin Buri district this week.

Customers cancelled purchase orders of fruit from the province even after authorities insisted no contamination had been detected within a 5-kilometre radius of the factory.

Mr Chalermchai said checks for radioactive substances in agricultural products around the factory had been conducted…