`` It does n't look like a short-term issue , '' said Phil Knall , who lives in Tokyo . A WHO official calls the food safety situation `` more serious '' than first thought . The World Health Organization says it is investigating a possible outbreak of cholera in Haiti after an American doctor was infected with the disease while working there. High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium have been found in milk and spinach . The two prefectures affected include some of Japan 's most productive farmland .
A WHO official calls the food safety situation `` more serious '' than first thought . The World Health Organization says it is investigating a possible outbreak of cholera in Haiti after an American doctor was infected with the disease while working there. High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium have been found in milk and spinach . The two prefectures affected include some of Japan 's most productive farmland .