Clove farm in Indonesia's Lampung contaminated with Caesium 137, task force says


JAKARTA (Reuters) - A clove farm in Indonesia's Lampung province has been contaminated with Caesium 137, a radioactive isotope, but its presence is limited and it has not spread to other commodities, a government task force looking into the matter said on Monday.

The task force sent a team to inspect three locations, including a processing facility in Surabaya in East Java, two farms in Pati in Central Java and Lampung on the island of Sumatra, task force spokesperson Bara Hasibuan told a press conference.

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