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Responding to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the following radioactive leak from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced last Friday that the United Nations organizations closely monitoring the effects of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant remain confident that current radiation levels do not present health or transportation safety hazards to passengers and crew.
According to IMO, radiation monitoring around airports and seaports in Japan continues to confirm that levels remain well within safe limits from a health perspective.
''In addition, monitoring of passengers, crew and cargo from Japan carried out to date in other countries, in accordance with their national policy, does not suggest any health or safety risk. Therefore, screening of radiation for health and safety purposes is currently considered unnecessary at airports and seaports around the world,'' IMO said.
