Treatment for Cancer Setting Off Bomb Detectors

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Wow! This is amazing.

In a message dated 10/23/2010 8:49:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

robert-blau@... writes:

Treatment for Cancer Setting Off Bomb Detectors

Reports of thyroid-cancer patients setting off radiation alarms and

contaminating hotel rooms are prompting the agency in charge of nuclear

safety to

consider tighter rules.

A congressional investigation made public Wednesday found that patients

sent home after treatment with radioactive iodine have contaminated

unsuspecting hotel guests and set off alarms on public transportation.

They've come into close contact with vulnerable people, including

pregnant

women and children, and trash from their homes has triggered radiation

detectors at landfills. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is

considering new rules to address the problem, in particular curbs on

sending patients to hotels after treatment, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Read more:

_http://ow.ly/2XIbe_ (http://ow.ly/2XIbe)

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Treatment for Cancer Setting Off Bomb Detectors

Reports of thyroid-cancer patients setting off radiation alarms and

contaminating hotel rooms are prompting the agency in charge of nuclear

safety to

consider tighter rules.

A congressional investigation made public Wednesday found that patients

sent home after treatment with radioactive iodine have contaminated

unsuspecting hotel guests and set off alarms on public transportation.

They've come into close contact with vulnerable people, including

pregnant

women and children, and trash from their homes has triggered radiation

detectors at landfills. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is

considering new rules to address the problem, in particular curbs on

sending patients to hotels after treatment, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Read more:

http://ow.ly/2XIbe