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That i've talked to. but water came out of what we believe th numbers lerike this, either came out of the core, somehow, or came out of the water that was surrounding those spent fuel rods. the problem that we're seeing now, and the number and the word that i'm hearing that we have not heard from any agent is cobalt, look up radioactive cobalt, how does it get there, how does it get to the water? alk about thewe gamma rays that might be comin over the ocean,nd the beta rays and how the workers might have been burned. the water at some point in time was in contact with the di ra e radiative roc...

O some knob ring countries are suspending exports. >> the concern is once it enters the food chain, radiation, even at low levels over time, can be lethal, for instance, gamma-rays from sezium can break down the internal orgbegans, iodine can cause thyroid cancer. leafy greens are at most risk, exposed to contaminated air, while meat, eggs, milk products are at most risk, through eating contaminated grass arfeed -- or feed. >> there will be a demand for certified safe suukwi and other fish and that might mean it will increase the cost of those fish for a while at least. >> reporter: so at this...

Feeling there. i think people sometimes get the wrong idea about aftershocks. when you're covering this and we're talking about the nuclear side of things, i know you got some stuff there. talk us through what sort of protection is around not just for you guys but the people who were in those reactors. >> yeah, i mean, you know, this is a hazmat suit that danielle is holding up. it doesn't look like much. it seals around the neck, around the ankles. that's something people might wear, the workers in these plants. there's this mask that's got a little respirator on it. they may wear that as wel...

Outside the facility. now, of course there's been a lot of concern about how much radio activity is going up in the steam and smoke, and again, you know, it gets dispersed quite rapidly. i know there's a lot of concerns and fears, but so far the radiation readings have not been worrisome. >> now, you point out in detail three different deep of rad agyags, and the gamma radiation is the real worry. why is that? isms gamma radiation is basically just like x rays. and the nuclear cores, they're basically like x-ray machines that never turn off. they're constantly generating gamma-rays. they're ve...

Correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. what do we know about their situation? >> reporter: well, we know very little from the workers themselves, elliot. there's been a few little reports, one of the workers, a woman, wrote a blog about her experience inside, it was taken down. one of the wives of the workers literally told people she cried when she found out that her husband who had been pulled out for a period of time had to go back in. it's a little of the realty. the personal realty for people who are working inside the plants over there. look, it's unbelievable work really. i mean, first of all,...