Mothers with young children, and the overall dairy industry, were quick in reacting Wednesday to news of cesium-tainted baby formula being sold in markets, even though the reported contamination levels were well below the government-set limit.
Although experts stressed that such levels would not harm the health of babies even if they continued drinking the contaminated dry milk product, Meiji Suteppu (Meiji Step), mothers with young kids weren't ready to breathe a sigh of relief yet — instead expressing a sense of distrust in dairies.
"The amount of cesium may be small but babies drink such products every day, some more than five times each day," Ai Tatsuno, a mother of four — including a 2-year-old — told The Japan Times.
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