Dangerous radioactive

Dangerous' radioactive material stolen in Mexico

A firefighter stands next to the radiation head in Hueypoxtla, Mexico on 5 December

In 2013, a truck carrying medical radioactive material was stolen in Mexico but was recovered days later. Mexican authorities have issued an alert for five states after the theft of potentially dangerous radioactive materials.

A container of Iridium-192 used for industrial radiography was taken from a truck in the town of Cardenas in Tabasco state. The states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Veracruz are also on alert.

Mexico's civil protection agency says that the material can cause death within hours or days if mishandled. "This source is very dangerous to people if it is removed from its container," the agency warned in a statement.

The unprotected material can cause burns and permanent injuries to those who have been in contact with it for just minutes or hours.

'Highly radioactive'

Luis Felipe Puente, head of Mexico's civil protection agency, urged whoever finds the source to keep it at a distance and call for help.

The robbery was reported by the company Garantia Radiografica e Ingenieria which said that the material had been stolen on Monday.

This is not the first time radioactive materials have gone missing in Mexico.

Fonte: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32332271. Acesso em 16 de abril de 2015.

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The first case of Ebola transmitted outside Africa, where a months-long outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people, is raising questions about how prepared wealthier countries really are.

The nursing assistant in Madrid was part of a special team caring for a Spanish priest who died of Ebola last month after being evacuated from Sierra Leone. The nursing assistant wore a hazmat suit both times she entered his room, officials said, and no records point to any accidental exposure to the virus, which spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of a sickened person.

The woman, who had been on vacation in the Madrid area after treating the priest, was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday after coming down with a fever, and was said to be stable Tuesday. Her husband also was hospitalized as a precaution.

Madrid's regional government even got a court order to euthanize and incinerate their pet, "Excalibur," against the couple's objections. The government said available scientific knowledge suggests a risk that the mixed-breed dog could transmit the virus to humans, and promised to use "biosecurity" measures to prevent any such transmission.

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Disponível em: FOX News.
Acesso: 08 de outubro, 2014.

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Acesso: 02 de Outubro de 2014.

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