TRAIL, British Columbia (UPI) — A smelter leak of acid and a ton of lead into the Columbia River in British Columbia had Canadian and U.S. environmental officials taking water samples Friday. The spill happened in Trail, British Columbia, Wednesday night at the Teck Cominco Metal plant several miles north of the border, and the […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — U.S. nuclear regulators say doctors need to take extra care to make sure young children aren’t exposed to radiation from thyroid cancer patients. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said patients given therapeutic doses of radioactive iodine-131 should avoid direct or indirect contact with infants and young children for a specific period of time […]

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