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The Bed, Bath and Beyond home furnishings chain has issued a recall for metal tissue box covers. The boxes were sold in 200 of the company’s stores, plus its web site, but at least some of the boxes, which were made in India, have proven to be radioactive, the company says. The Environmental Protection Agency found samples contained cobalt-60, which is radioactive. The company assures consumers that there is no health risk, but has asked for the items to be returned for a full refund. (RC/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ...Damn: it was the only tissue box I could find in the dark!
Original Publication Date: 29 January 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.

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