Japan radiation risk 'highly localised'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) offered reassurances today that the radiation risk from Japan's nuclear crisis remains highly localised, with no sign it threatens anywhere else in Asia.

he World Health Organisation (WHO) offered reassurances today that the radiation risk from Japan's nuclear crisis remains highly localised, with no sign it threatens anywhere else in Asia.

"To date, we don't have any information of a significant spread of radioactive material beyond the evacuation zone," said Michael O'Leary, head of WHO in China.