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Area: USA, State of New York, Bed Bath and Beyond, Manhattan, New York City
The level of radiation exposure from holding the tissue box against the body for one hour would be equivalent to a chest X-ray, said state health officials. Health officials said they've removed a dozen metal box tissue holders containing small amounts of radioactive material from four Bed, Bath and Beyond stores in New York. None of the boxes were sold to the public, said the company. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission notified state health officials Tuesday that a shipment of metal box tissue holders to four Bed, Bath and Beyond stores were found to contain low levels of Cobalt-60. Cobalt-60, a man-made product using cobalt, has been used to sterilize medical equipment and in radiation therapy for cancer patients. The level of radiation exposure from holding the tissue box against the body for one hour would be equivalent to a chest X-ray, said state health officials. The NRC said scrap metal containing Cobalt-60 could have inadvertently been incorporated into the product during
smelting. The products arrived in a shipment from India on Dec. 27, and 220 were distributed to Bed Bath and Beyond stores nationwide. Locally, 12 were distributed to a store in Nassau County, a store in Suffolk County, and two stores in Westchester County. Company representatives emphasized none were sold to the public and that no other stores in New York received shipments of the items. "The presence or handling of these boxes poses no imminent public health threat," said Nassau County Health Commissioner Lawrence Einstein, M.D.
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whatever radiation enters your body stays there forever
radiation accumulates
Javaman
(62,521 posts)Tissue boxes from Japan have been recalled.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)The radioactive metal probably came from medical/industrial contaminated sources.
There's no need to slander Japan - it's sustaining enough hurt.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)to insure radioactive products from Japan aren't being exported? Although these boxes are from India, the incident reminds people radioactive products can slip pass customs which is worryong.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)dark humor is not for you.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)That is not true. The damage can accumulate, but even that isn't always true, as the body can repair it in some circumstances.
yodermon
(6,143 posts)They were warning about those boxes in local BB&B stores.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)jsmirman
(4,507 posts)None of the four stores are in Manhattan. None of the four stores are anywhere else in New York City.
FYI, when you read Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County - none of these things equals any of the five boroughs of New York City.