In photo, Minister of energy of the Ontario Brad Duguid a ceremony of inauguration of the completion of the solar project Sarnia in Sarnia, Ontario, last October. Dave Chidley/Canadian PressHigher than normal levels of radiation were detected in Ontario after the nuclear crisis at the Japan, but officials said Tuesday that the increase is so low that it poses a risk to health.
Energy Minister Brad Duguid said levels increased slightly, but he did not detail specific on the question of whether the increases were found in water, air or food.
"There is some some minor increase in radiation detection, but is not anywhere near something which would have an impact on human health," Duguid said to journalists. "This is not something that Ontario residents need to be too concerned about."
The news comes a day after the Japan has increased the rating of the severity of the crisis in the ravaged Central Fukushima Daiichi nuclear tsunami at the same level as the Chernobyl disaster.
Office of the Minister of energy distributed on some radiation that may "have been organized by the wind" of the Japan in this country and normal background of the Canadian Commission for the nuclear safety and Health Canada information.
"Natural radiation varies from one place to another, but Health Canada data do not show an increase over normal daily fluctuations," said the safety Committee.
"However, very careful of isotopes in the radiation levels have been attributed to the output to the Japan."
The actual increase of radiation "is so low that it is extremely difficult to measure against the normal background radiation, said the commission." "" The conclusions of these detectors more confirm that radiation doses do not present a risk to health for Canadians. ?
Medical officer of Health Dr. Arlene King, Ontario of health Chief, said all the products imported and domestic, tested by the Federal Government are below levels of Health Canada action to harmful radiation.
"Based on current information, I am of the opinion that there is no risk to the health of Ontarians and Ontario of the damaged nuclear installation at the Japan", King said in a statement.
Ontario's Environment Minister John Wilkinson said that there is no problem of radiation with drinking water in the province.
"Ontario's water is safe, but given the situation in the Japan we use increased vigilance," said.
Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell said it belonged to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to determine if there were any radiation in food or milk sold in Ontario.
"All milk that is sold in Ontario is sterilized, pasteurized," said Mitchell.
The Ontario new Democratic Party, said that they could not believe that the provincial Government therefore knows little about the radiation levels one month full after the beginning of the nuclear crisis in the Japan.
"This is quite disconcerting," said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. "The people of this province just want to know that their water is safe, that their food is safe, their milk and it is quite amazing that we could get the answers from the Government today.".
The NDP noted that high levels of radiation already have been reported in several cities in the U.S. is, including in Vermont, Arkansas, California and Arizona milk and water in New Jersey, PennsylvaniaIdaho and the Tennessee.
"It is clear ongoing monitoring in other jurisdictions," said Horwath. "If they are testing and let people know what is happening, Ontario residents should expect nothing less."
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