Thieves In Mexico Stole 'Extremely Dangerous' Radioactive Material

(Business Insider) A truck carrying a dangerous radioactive medical equipment used for cancer treatments was stolen on Monday in Tepojaco near Mexico City, BBC reports.

The material could in theory be made into a "dirty bomb" that would spread the radioactive material over a wide area.

Agence France-Presse notes that experts have long warned about the danger posed by the large amounts of such material held in hospitals and other locations around the world under insufficient security.

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