13 Exposed to Cesium-137 at Seattle’s UW Medicine’s Harborview Medical Center Research and Training Building

13 Exposed to Cesium-137 at Seattle’s UW Medicine’s Harborview Medical Center Research and Training Building

  13 people in Seattle were exposed to Cesium-137 at a Seattle medical research center on Thursday while a piece of equipment was being decommissioned and moved at the facility authorities report. Cesium-137 is a radioactive talcum powder-like substance that can cause serious burns, serious radiation sickness and even death with exposure to larger amounts.  […]