Radioactive Canadians A Daily Occurrence At U.S. Border
August 10, 2009 by national
Filed under Emergency Preparedness
In an effort to catch “dirty” radioactive bombs and weapons of terrorists, the U.S. government has in recent years installed highly sensitive radiation sensors at all of its land, sea and air points of entry. Ten days ago they caught Don Tracey’s radioactive blood.
In what one U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer says is now “a daily occurrence,” American border agents are pulling aside people who have undergone nuclear medical procedures such as stress tests and radiation treatments. You could say they’re now catching Canadians with glowing hearts.
They’re also catching everything from glazed plates made with naturally radioactive earth to industrial radiation sources used in surveying equipment.
The discoveries come as a result of the U.S. installing “radiation portal monitors” so sensitive that they can detect radiation emanating from the luminescent dial of an old Second World War military compass.
