Is there still radiation in the ground? How long will it last? Yes, there is a little radiation left in the ground butit gets weaker and weaker as time_goes by. Woman washing clothes It ts like dirty clothes. Ifyou wash them and lay them in the sun the dirt and poison will come away. The ground1s too big to wash like clothes so the rain does itforyou. If the radiationis still in the soil of these islands, whyis there no restriction of people movinginto these islands? The radiation in the groundis so weakthatit is safe to live on the islands and eat the foods. There is no place in the world that does not have someradiationin thesoil. Feast on Rongelap -~ 96 -