The government of Fukushima Prefecture has announced plans to measure radiation levels at hundreds of sites that used stone from the quarry, including houses and roads, although there is also concern that at least 16 other quarries in the district may also have shipped contaminated materials.
Yukio Edano, the minister or trade and industry, has said that the government is stepping up its investigation into where the gravel was sold and what it was used to build.
Mitsuru Igari, the president of quarry firm Futaba Saiseki Kogyo Co., has publicly apologised for causing public concern and said he had been proud of his company’s work because it was helping to rebuild the devastated region.
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