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Published on 17 - September - 2012
Radioactive kitchenware boosts fears over hazardous imports
The confirmation on Friday that a shipment of stainless steel and aluminium kitchenware made in India was radioactive has heightened concerns over the integrity of the materials used in a range of imported consumer goods.
Port authorities in Colombo, Sri Lanka, detected radiation emitting from the shipment, and subsequent testing last week by the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority found that the products contained cobalt 60 - an extremely dangerous artificial radioactive element used in radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer...