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Police block Mexico hospital, 6 may have radiation

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PACHUCA, Mexico (AP) !e"eral police #loc$e" access !ri"ay to a central Mexico hospital where six people were reporte" to

ha%e #een a"&itte" with ra"iation expos're.

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An official fa&iliar with the case confir&e" Mexican &e"ia reports that the six ha%e #een a"&itte" to the general hospital in the city

of Pach'ca an" &ay ha%e #een expose" to a stolen so'rce of highly ra"ioacti%e co#alt-0.

*he official, who spo$e !ri"ay on con"ition of anony&ity #eca'se she was not a'thori/e" to #e 'ote" #y the &e"ia, sai" only one person so far was "i//y an" %o&iting, sy&pto&s of se%ere ra"iation poisoning. +he sai" two people were a"&itte" on *h'rs"ay an"

fo'r &ore !ri"ay. +he "i" not pro%i"e any other "etails.

1t was not clear if the people 'n"er o#ser%ation were also the thie%es, who early Mon"ay stole a cargo tr'c$ at g'npoint that was

carrying the ra"ioacti%e &aterial in Hi"algo state, where Pach'ca is locate".

*he fe"eral attorney general2s office, which is han"ling the case, co'l" not #e reache" for co&&ent on whether s'spects were in

c'sto"y.

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*he theft triggere" alerts in six Mexican states an" Mexico City, as well as international notifications to the U.+. an" the 1nternationalAto&ic 3nergy Agency in Vienna. 1t raise" concerns that the &aterial co'l" ha%e #een stolen to &a$e a "irty #o, a con%entional

explosi%e that "isse&inates ra"ioacti%e &aterial. 4't Mexican officials sai" that the thie%es see&e" to ha%e targete" the cargo tr'c$

with &o%ea#le platfor& an" crane, an" li$ely "i"n2t $now a#o't the "angero's cargo.

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Men stan" next to an 'ni"entifie" %ehicle insi"e a cor"one" off area in a fiel" near the %illage of 5

*he ato&ic energy agency sai" the co#alt has an acti%ity of 6,000 c'rries, or Category 7, &eaning 8it wo'l" pro#a#ly #e fatal to #eclose to this a&o'nt of 'nshiel"e" ra"ioacti%e &aterial for a perio" in the range of a few &in'tes to an ho'r.8

8hat 1 was tol" yester"ay is that there &ight #e two people with se%ere ra"iation syn"ro&e, #'t 1 "o not ha%e confir&ation,8 sai"

9'an 3i#ensch't/, "irector general of Mexico2s ational Co&&ission of 'clear +afety an" +afeg'ar"s.

Pe"ro :'is o#le, health &inister for Hi"algo state, tol" ;efor&a newspaper that the people #elie%e" to #e expose" pose no ris$ to

other patients an" that they are in an isolate" area.

*he tr'c$ was fo'n" a#an"one" e"nes"ay a#o't


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*he &aterial was fro& o#solete ra"iation therapy e'ip&ent at a hospital in the northern city of *i>'ana an" was #eing transporte" ton'clear waste facility in the state of Mexico, which #or"ers Mexico City.

3i#ensch't/ sai" a'thorities contin'e" to wor$ on !ri"ay at the site in Mexico state where the &aterial was fo'n" to extract it safely.

81t2s 'ite an operation an" it is in the process of #eing planne",8 he sai". 81t2s highly ra"ioacti%e, so yo' cannot >'st go o%er an" pic$ it

'p. 1t2s going to ta$e a while to pic$ it 'p.8

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Associate" Press writer A"riana @o&e/ :icon reporte" fro& Mexico City.

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xpe/ yo' sho'l" chec$ o't the Darwin Awar"s so&e are proof that only "eath c're st'pi".

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1 ass'&e the logo with the ra"iation syol an" s$'ll an" cross#ones &eant nothing to these &orons.

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;arely "oes ar&a co&e aro'n" so 'ic$ly. 1 only hope no innocent people will #e har&e".

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An acti%ity of 6,000 c'rries so'n"s 'ite "elicio's, while an acti%ity of 6,000 c'ries so'n"s 'ite "angero's...

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'st go "'&p the st'ff right there in the gro'n", then we can "ri%e on "own the roa" a #it. @ag Co'gh, Hey 9oey

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hy the fra$ where these pellets #eing transporte" 'nsec're" to the extent that they co'l" #e so easily hi>ac$e" *hin$terrorists >'st got so&e free info on how to easily a'ire "irty #o &aterial 1f a #'nch of low rate "on$ey fra$ thie%es can "o

it, what a#o't so&e highly sophisticate" high tech so'n"ly operating professional terrorists *his is negligence of the worstor"er, an" 'nfra$inexc'sa#le 4y the way C'rryK6.G x 70 to the tenth power "isapations per gra& per secon", x 6000. *hat2s

770,000,000,000 &'tation capa#le electrons escaping at the spee" of light per gra& per secon". *his is highly serio's, with all

>o$es i&&eas'ra#ly innapropriate *hat co'l" ha%e #een a#an"one" in anyones front yar", or #y a school, li$e yo'rs or yo'r$i"s ;o#, wo'l"n2t #e so f'nny then, wo'l" it

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e spent a co'ple #illion "ollars to fight a war on terroris& an" right next "oor we ha%e the #iggest narco-terrorists on the planet an" we "o nothing except sell the& g'ns an" "istri#'te their poison for the&. o one see&s to care a#o't Mexico not

e%en Mexicans. Anyone else see the irony in this

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