[Lemon:] We're going to talk about the crisis in Japan now. There is now disturbing evidence that trace amounts of radiation have gotten into Japan's food supply.
[Mann:] CNN's Martin Savidge is in Tokyo. Marty, what did they find and how much trouble are they in?
[Martin Savidge, Cnn Correspondent:] Hello, Jon. Hello, Don. Yes, they found trace amounts of radiation, slighter higher than normal, in two specific foods. They're talking about milk and spinach. It's of concern not so much for the immediate health problems but because of the fact that you would always be worried about contamination of your food chain as a result of any nuclear accident. And this is what we're seeing the first signs of. I should point out that these particular foods the milk was found 18 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant and the spinach was collected about 65 miles south. Two different prefectures. Why spinach? Broad, leafy vegetables, grown out in the open, so that would perhaps get the radiation falling out of the the milk is probably the cows that have been eating the grass. The grass, radiation has been tainted on that and it gets into the milk. Here's the real concern. That's what we would call a bread basket of Japan out there. They grow a lot of food. and it's a densely populated area. So if that food is contaminated, what else could be contaminated? They grow a lot of rice out there. Rice is a major staple of the Japanese diet. No reports yet of any contamination there yet, but of course you've got to understand that is a significant concern. But again, here's how low it is. If you were to consume the milk, according to government officials, for one year, the radiation you would ingest would not be equal to, say, one single cat scan, so very low levels. If you consumed it for a lifetime, though, that could be problematic. They're trying to figure out how far it spread, what foods have it and what they ought to do about it.
[Lemon:] Martin, I want to remind our viewers here in the U.S., at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we're going to do a special that's called "Japan when Disaster Struck," Marty. And we're going to talk about a lot of these things. Because this situation is not over yet, especially when it comes to the nuclear plant. The question is, there's always this concern, there's this concern here in the United States, especially among people on the west coast. But how is it playing among people in Japan. Concern about the nuclear problem or are they concerned really about finding something to eat and how to stay warm?
[Savidge:] Well, they have two huge disasters. That's the thing that we sort of sometimes forget here. You're dealing with this massive historic tsunami and earthquake, and there are tremendous shortages of food and fuel in the impacted areas. Those supplies they had are quickly running out. Then you have to worry about shelter. There are over 300,000 people that have been evacuated that are in some sort of form of shelter. Then you have the problem of the nuclear potential fallout here. So two massive disasters being handled at the same time by one single government, and all being coped with by one population. It's an amazing challenge and it would be for any nation Don?
[Lemon:] Martin Savidge in Tokyo. Again, to our viewers in the United States, 8:00 p.m. eastern, and it's called "Japan, when Disaster Struck." As you can imagine, Jon, though, the trauma and the heavy toll that this disaster must be having on the Japanese people and anyone who's involved in this situation.
[Mann:] When we come back, we're going to talk with Wendy Walsh, our psychologist and human behavior expert, on the emotional aftermath of the Japanese people. Stay with us for that.