France detects radioactive iodine in rainwater, milk
After the radioactive cloud eminating from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant reached Europe last week, French authorities have detected radioactive iodine-131 in rainwater and milk.
CRIIRAD, an independent French research body on radioactivity, said it had detected radioactive iodine-131 in rainwater in south-eastern France.
A sample analysed on 28 March showed radioactivity levels of 8.5 becquerel.