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of an antique medical kit found in a Chester County trash bin to contact the agencys Bureau o

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The radioactive material may have been contained in the kit for more than 80 years, Bureau Director

David Allard said. The metal box likely came from a basement, an attic or a collectors stash. Anyone" $ "

ored it for a long time may have been exposed to high levels of radiation.

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Management Inc.s Norristown transfer station. The company deployed a health p !

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anyone who may have handled them.

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