Radioactive pendant found on passenger at Dalian airport
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A passenger recently arriving at Zhoushuizi International Airport in Dalian, Liaoning province, was found carrying a highly radioactive pendant that triggered alarms during routine customs screening, according to Dalian Customs.
The pendant, described by the traveler as a "talisman" from a friend, registered 168.6 microsieverts per hour, 1,686 times above normal background levels. Further analysis identified the radioactive substance as thorium-232, a material classified by the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Group 1 carcinogen for its ability to cause cancer in humans.
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