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Japan bans rice planting in contaminated soil

April 09, 2011

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's government has announced it will ban farmers from planting rice in soil contaminated by radiation from the tsunami-flooded nuclear power plant, adding another food central to Japanese culture to the list of items raising concerns....

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