How will I know which tea is not radioactive?

[Tempura Baby]

Regarding the news reports that Japanese green tea is now banned from export, just wondering how we can know which tea came from the affected regions? Would it be impolite to ask the store clerk or waitress?

[Coligny]

Regarding the news reports that Japanese green tea is now banned from export, just wondering how we can know which tea came from the affected regions? Would it be impolite to ask the store clerk or waitress?

As long as you record their reaction and put it on Youtube...

Also, ask some schoolgirls to sell you their panties...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Regarding the news reports that Japanese green tea is now banned from export, just wondering how we can know which tea came from the affected regions? Would it be impolite to ask the store clerk or waitress?

Here we go again.

[Coligny]

Here we go again.

Dood... we nevar lefted...

[Greji]

Regarding the news reports that Japanese green tea is now banned from export, just wondering how we can know which tea came from the affected regions? Would it be impolite to ask the store clerk or waitress?

Have the waitress taste it. If she starts to glow, buy a different brand..

[Bucky]

Regarding the news reports that Japanese green tea is now banned from export, just wondering how we can know which tea came from the affected regions? Would it be impolite to ask the store clerk or waitress?

Yes but Shizuoka, which I believe is one of the top tea producing regions, is not yet banned.

Our neighbor to our office in Seattle is a tea importer. Just today the FDA came to inspect his latest tea shipment. No radioactivity. Of course the latest shipment he received was tea harvested in 2010.

[Socratesabroad]

Just today the FDA came to inspect his latest tea shipment. No radioactivity.

Umm, the fact is that the tea probably contains radiation but at levels that are of no consequence

Radiation is all around us. It is naturally present in our environment and has been since the birth of this planet. Consequently, life has evolved in an environment which has significant levels of ionizing radiation. It comes from outer space (cosmic), the ground (terrestrial), and even from within our own bodies. It is present in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and in the construction materials used to build our homes. Certain foods such as bananas and brazil nuts naturally contain higher levels of radiation than other foods.

whatsoever

Humans are subject to background radiation all the time and the normal levels are well known. There is evidence that unless radiation exposure reaches about ten (10) times that normal level there is no harm to humans from radiation. Furthermore, there is now evidence that radiation at or near the normal background level is beneficial to, and even necessary for, life.

Bucky should not be singled out personally, but all of the wailers and criers worldwide who need to have a remedial lesson in physics

Note the protest sign wording, 'Radioactivity is in the air for you and me,' which comes from a Kraftwerk lyric and was accompanied by other educational lyrics like 'Radioactivity....Discovered by Madame Curie'
The song is right, radioactivity is everywhere

Radionuclides are found naturally in air, water and soil. They are even found in us, being that we are products of our environment. Every day, we ingest and inhale radionuclides in our air and food and the water. Natural radioactivity is common in the rocks and soil that makes up our planet, in water and oceans, and in our building materials and homes. There is nowhere on Earth that you can not find Natural Radioactivity.

[Bucky]

Bucky should not be singled out personally, but all of the wailers and criers worldwide who need to have a remedial lesson in physics

Huh? singled out for what? Reporting the FDA inspected tea in Seattle with their radiation pager.

[Socratesabroad]

Huh? singled out for what? Reporting the FDA inspected tea in Seattle with their radiation pager.

Actually, I took issue with how you described the results: the pager didn't indicate that there was "no radioactivity." It actually showed that 'radiation levels were normal' or that there was 'no radiation above the natural background.'

Far from being pedantic or anal, I'm simply asking people to keep the basic science in mind.
A few months back, I helped some of my J-clients buy radiation meters from here in China and some C-customs, etc. folks were on hand to offer advice. I sat there trying not to snicker as the company rep. had to explain to clearly worried - and poorly educated - gov't peons that slight readings were perfectly natural.
I had the same feeling when I heard about the run on salt here here:

Meanwhile, the government had experts enlighten the public with basic scientific knowledge. For one thing, 80% of salt produced in China is onshore mineral salt, only 20% is from seawater. So even if China's sea territories were contaminated by radiation, unlikely as this may be, China would still have a sufficient supply. Moreover, experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) dismissed the assertion that eating salt helps absorb iodine. To have the same effect as taking one iodine tablet, a person would have had to eat two to three kilograms of salt.

[Tempura Baby]

ask some schoolgirls to sell you their panties...

I don't get it What does soiled underwear have to do with radioactive tea? You mean, from their urine stains?

[Greji]

I don't get it What does soiled underwear have to do with radioactive tea? You mean, from their urine stains?

Damn! I'm getting a stiffy. I wonder if it will glow in the dark?