A resident of Ichinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, lifts his legs while riding a bicycle through knee high water on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
Cars, trucks and other debris in a canal in Ichinomaki, in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that Tokyo's drinking water should not be given to babies. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
A recovery worker and resident of Ichinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, are reflected in the water as they walk together on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
A resident rides his bicycle through knee high water on the rubble strewn streets of Ichinomaki, in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
A framed photo of a baby floats in the stagnant waters alongside a dead fish in Kesennuma in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
A volunteer fills a bucket with water for a resident on the outskirts of Kesennuma in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
A wave crashes over a car in the ocean on the beach of Miyagi Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi National Park in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on 23 March 2011. Japan's multiple tragedies have already left tens of thousands of people dead, injured or missing but the cascading catastrophe has entered yet another phase - it now faces food and water contamination concerns on top of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Drinking water, rain water and seawater are all showing signs of being radioactively tainted with the Health Ministry advising that TokyoÕs drinking water should not be given to babies and areas closest to the nuclear plants to avoid tap water altogether. A day after countries marked World Water Day, Japan, with its enviable first rate infrastructure, is just starting to come to terms with the new challenges it faces. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON
Japanese dairy farmer Masayuki Tsuchiya disposes of radioactive contaminated milk at a dairy farm in Kawamata city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 23 March 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will ban imports of dairy products and vegetables from an area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant due to radionuclide contamination. EPA/STR JAPAN OUT
REPEATING WITH CORRECT EURO PRICE: A vegetable vendor walks past spinach produced in Ibaraki prefecture on sale at 50 yen (61 cents or 43 euro cents) a bunch at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market in downtown Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 2011. Government officials have stopped all shipments of spinach from Ibaraki, Fukushima, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures after the detection of radioactive substances in spinach grown in these locations. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN
A farmer looks on as radioactive contaminated milk is poured into the soil at a dairy farm in Mito town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, 23 March 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will ban imports of dairy products and vegetables from an area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant due to radionuclide contamination. EPA/STR JAPAN OUT
A vegetable vendor walks past spinach produced in Ibaraki prefecture on sale at 50 yen (61 cents or 43 euro) a bunch at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market in downtown Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 2011. Government officials have stopped all shipments of spinach from Ibaraki, Fukushima, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures after the detection of radioactive substances in spinach grown in these locations. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN
An elderly vegetable vendor inspects boxes of produce at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market in downtown Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 2011. Government officials have stopped all shipments of spinach from Ibaraki, Fukushima, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures after the detection of radioactive substances in spinach grown in these locations. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN
Japanese restaurant manager Masuyuki Tsuchiya inspects a glass of tap water at his restaurant in downtown Tokyo, Japan on 23 March 2011. Following evidence that 210 becquerels of radioactive iodine was detected at a Tokyo water treatment plant, the Tokyo metropolitan government has warned that infants should not drink tap water. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN
