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  2. Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident - Wikipedia

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    According to the 1985 CNSNS report, about four thousand people were exposed to cobalt-60 radiation as a result of the incident. [3] It is estimated that almost 80 percent of people received a dose less than 500 mrem (equivalent to 5 m Sv ); 18 percent, between 0.5 and 25 rems (5–25 mSv); and only two percent (about 80 people) received doses ...

  3. 1962 Mexico City radiation accident - Wikipedia

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    Between March and July 1962, a radiation incident in Mexico City occurred when a ten-year-old boy took home an industrial radiography source that was not contained in its proper shielding. Five individuals received significant doses of radiation from the 200-gigabecquerel cobalt-60 capsule, [1] four of whom died. [2]

  4. List of orphan source incidents - Wikipedia

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    Five people died and 13 others were exposed, including one person who suffered ARS. [11] 1982 – Vikhroli, Mumbai, India – An iridium-192 source was lost during transport. A railway worker who found the source suffered significant exposure. [12] December 6, 1983 – Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. [13] Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident ...

  5. File:Radioactive source Co-60, activity 370 kBq.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. List of civilian radiation accidents - Wikipedia

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    The buyers dismantled the containers, exposing themselves and others to ionizing radiation. Eighteen people, including seven children, were admitted to hospital. Ten of the adults developed acute radiation syndrome. One exposed 60 Co source was retrieved, but the source from the other package was still unaccounted for one year later. It is ...

  7. Tourists at all-inclusive Mexico resort reportedly drugged ...

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    A family vacation to Mexico ended in tragedy recently after a young woman died at an all-inclusive resort after reportedly being drugged. According to other victims, several resorts in Mexico seem ...

  8. 12 People Dead from Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ... - AOL

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    12 people have reportedly been found dead at a popular ski resort in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. On Saturday, Dec. 14, the bodies of 11 foreigners and one Georgian national — who have ...

  9. Crimes involving radioactive substances - Wikipedia

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    On 13 September 1999, six people attempted to steal radioactive cobalt-60 rods from a chemical plant in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic. [18] During the theft, the suspects opened the radioactive material container and handled it, resulting in the deaths of three of the suspects and injury of the remaining three.