Pet food bowls recalled because of contamination by radioactive material

[Emily]

Risks are being downplayed on this by saying that humans would have to hold the bowls close to their bodies for 6 days to receive the equivalent of one chest x-ray dose of radiation, (or 'scan' in one article.) What about the risk to pets brains, eyes, and oral membranes eating and drinking from these bowls once or twice a day for years? What about the risk to owners who tuck one of these bowls under the seats of their cars for years for use as a handy water bowl on trips? How many radioactive bowls are in circulation and not discovered this way?

http://www.annarbor.com/pets/petco-...cats-dogs-radioactive-cobalt-60/#.UF6yrK74I7G

Pet food bowls recalled because of 'potential' contamination by radioactive material
By Lorrie Shaw AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Posted on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 : 1:35 p.m
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One recent recall is, by far, one of the most bizarre: Stainless steel pet food bowls made by a foreign manufacturer and shipped for sale here in the United States may have been contaminated with radioactive material.

The issue was discovered by Customs and Border Protection agents during a routine import screening of a cargo container destined for a popular pet retail store, Petco. That container was held at the port and never reached its destination.

A second container had previously cleared Customs and reached Petco?s distribution network in Illinois.

Later, state inspectors at a Petco store in Chicago found that two bowls had been contaminated, according to a the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA).

Chicago's Herald News reported that the bowls contained traces of cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope that has several uses, one of which is to detect structural flaws in products...

http://www.petco.com/petco_page_pc_stainlessbowlnotice.aspx

SKU 1047493
PETC-3.75C DEEP TWO TONE NOTIP
9.25? diameter; 3.75 cup capacity

SKU 1386956
PETC-3.5C NO-TIP SS HAMMRD BWL
9? diameter; 3.5 cup capacity

SKU 1047477
PETC-7C TWO TONE NONTIP BOWL
9? diameter; 7 cup capacity
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