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Food, Water Worries In Japan; 2 Plant Workers Hurt

A mother holding her baby receives bottles of water at a Tokyo ward office Thursday after officials warned the day before that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in tap water. Wednesday's warning caused a run on bottled water, and the government is now asking people not to stockpile. (AFP/Getty Images)
A mother holding her baby receives bottles of water at a Tokyo ward office Thursday after officials warned the day before that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in tap water. Wednesday's warning caused a run on bottled water, and the government is now asking people not to stockpile. (AFP/Getty Images)

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