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What needs to be monitored over the next months and years is where is this activity getting into the food chain. i think particularly in the large boney fish offshore in the eastern pacific oceans is where the greatest risk is. that's high on the food chain. we hear the clouds of radioactive are drifting offshore. clearly milk, water, and all those. we're in a situation where we have a country very committed to control. we hear that the nuclear power plants are coming under control. our hope is that this will not continue to be the worst possible scenario. >> again, radiation emitted out of lo...

>> reporter: mei says she is concerned that the possibility that radiation could get into the food she buys from this japanese grocery store in los angeles. >> i really care about the food, actually. if from japan. i want to make sure. for example, the fish. i'm not going to buy anything. probably now is okay. but probably two or three months later, i'm not going to be able to buy any fish from japan. >> reporter: these noodles are made in tokyo. there are two concerns going on at this japanese market in los angeles. one, the customers are worried they won't be able to get their hands on produ...

What you find out is that just trying to keep thing where they are is a desperate battle. and they've had a number of major setbacks. the three employees that were exposed to radiation. that appears to have been a simple oversight. they did not really check the radiation levels in the environmental areas they were working in. they didn't appear to have the proper safety equipment. this raises the issue of, just how lax are the safety issues here with a company dealing with a major nuclear disaster? >> and the spokesman for the plant says this hazard could have been avoided if the contaminated ...

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Evacuate. within days, officials warn that any or all of the iraqor cores are at risk of melting into a puddle of super hot radioactive metal. all but 50 of the plant's 800 workers are evacuated. those who stay behind know they are risking their lives to try to save countless others. 8:54 a.m. on. tuesday among, a fire breaks out in the cooling pond of reactor number four. it burns for two hours. a second fire follows the next day. shortly before 10:00 a.m. on thursday, helicopters dutch sea water on reactors number three and four in an effort to keep the fuel rods from melting. but the effort...