A farmer from Kampung Waekolong, Ranakolong village, Kota Komba district, East Manggarai, picks cloves on Sept 9 at his plantation in Nggoro Nggobo. - Photo: The Jakarta Post/ANN
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have confirmed the presence of Cesium-137 contamination at a clove plantation in Lampung, following a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alert regarding radioactive substances detected in Indonesian clove exports.
Cs-137 is a man-made radioactive isotope generated through nuclear reactions. High levels of exposure to Cs-137 can cause severe burns, acute radiation sickness and increased cancer risk, and may even be fatal.
