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Radioactive cellphone straps sold to 2,600 in Tokyo

japantoday.com — Japanese police arrested 2 people for allegedly selling fluorescent cell phone lanyards that contain the radioactive substance tritium. Such cell phone lanyards contain an amount of tritium about 26 times that of the allowable level per unit.

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  • WordsnCollision, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Bizarre story - "the pair allegedly imported tritium from Britain and sold tritium-processed fluorescent cell phone lanyards through the Internet." Even weirder? The two perps are from Hiroshima...
  • SEANWOOKIE, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1No wonder I'm getting these weird burns.
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