Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Bed, Bath and Beyond Recalls Radioactive Tissue Boxes

The Daily Mail (via nc links):
After the discovery, the CHP notified the California Department of Health Services.
The department said as part of a voluntary nationwide recall, the boxes have been pulled from shelves in all of the 21 California stores where Bed, Bath & Beyond sold the product.
Cobalt-60 is a man-made product that is typically used to sterilize medical products or for cancer radiation therapy.
The material contained in the tissue boxes poses no immediate health threat, according to the CDPH and federal officials.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that scrap metal containing the cobalt-60 could have strayed into a metal load smelted in India and been incorporated into the tissue boxes.
Wow, that's some fine Indian quality control.  Maybe Wal-Mart and other chain stores can start carrying geiger counters along with their quality imported merchandise.

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