US urged to stop using 'dirty bomb' ingredients


	US urged to stop using 'dirty bomb' ingredients

Geshizar

2-23-2008 8:37 AM

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</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13360-us-urged-to-stop-using-dirty-bomb-ingredients.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">New Scientist staff and Reuters</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13360-us-urged-to-stop-using-dirty-bomb-ingredients.html"><P><A target="ns" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium_chloride">Radioactive caesium chloride</A> used in medical and research equipment can be used as a deadly ingredient in a <A target="ns" href="http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/dirty-bombs.html">"dirty bomb"</A> and US leaders should try to curb its use, the US National Research Council (NRC) said on Wednesday in a report commissioned by Congress.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13360-us-urged-to-stop-using-dirty-bomb-ingredients.html"><P>About 1300 machines at US hospitals and universities used for irradiating blood for transplant patients and other purposes contain caesium-137 in the form of caesium chloride stored in stainless steel capsules, said the council, which is part of the National Academy of Sciences and provides advice to US policymakers on science, technology and health issues.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13360-us-urged-to-stop-using-dirty-bomb-ingredients.html"><P>"The presence of these sizable sources in areas that are potentially attractive targets [for attack] is a major factor making radioactive caesium chloride such a concern to the committee," according to the report.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/16678981-9EA6-49CA-8501-8BDBE10F0A00/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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