Urgent Health Warning Issued in Australia Amid Hunt for Lost Radioactive Material

Urgent Health Warning Issued in Australia Amid Hunt for Lost Radioactive Material
A supplied image obtained on Jan. 27, 2023, of a small round and silver capsule containing radioactive Caesium-137 that went missing in transportation between a mine site north of Newman and the north-eastern parts of Perth between Jan. 10-16. AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA
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A tiny radioactive capsule with the potential to cause nasty skin burns and serious illness has been lost as it was transported from a West Australian mine to Perth.

An urgent radioactive substance health warning has been issued along a 1400 km truck route from the Pilbara to a depot in the Perth suburb of Malaga.