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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/mexico-hospital-six-people-radiation-poisoning
http://globalnews.ca/news/1015106/police-barricade-mexican-hospital-where-6-reportedly-admitted-for-radiation-exposure/
Mexico radiation scare: six suspects released from hospital
Associated Press in Pachuca, Mexico
theguardian.com, Friday 6 December 2013 15.49 EST
...Hidalgo state health minister Pedro Luis Noble said earlier on Friday the men suffered from skin irritations and dizziness, but that none were in serious condition. Only one was vomiting, a sign of radiation poisoning.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said the cobalt had an activity of 3,000 curies, or Category 1, meaning "it would probably be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period in the range of a few minutes to an hour."...
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