Radioactive Garbage Causes Scare

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Investigators found medical waste containing low level Iodine-131 mixed in with the residential garbage, the Chicago Tribune said.

Chicago (UPI) Oct 19, 2004
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency found medical waste in a load of refuse from a Chicago garbage truck that set off radioactivity alarms.

The contents of the truck were dumped and sorted after triggering alarms at the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation West Side recycling yard Monday.

Investigators found medical waste containing low level Iodine-131 mixed in with the residential garbage, the Chicago Tribune said.

Iodine 131 is used in chemotherapy for cancer patients and has other medical uses.

Investigators from the Division of Nuclear Safety of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said the radioactive iodine was on a diaper or tissue and had very low levels of radiation.

The entire load from the garbage truck was taken to a landfill for disposal as a precaution.

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Small Rockets Seen As Terror Risk

Tokyo (UPI) Oct 15, 2004
Reflecting Japanese jitters over terrorism, a defense ministry official has warned that a small privately developed rocket could be used for a terrorist attack. The 5-foot-long CAMUI-type rocket was developed by the Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center, based in Sapporo. It is able to travel 3,000 feet into the air and may soon be made commercially available.

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