In January, CBR worked with the press in Alagoas due to the disclosure by the Municipality of Arapiraca (municipality located 130 km from the capital Maceió), about a capsule that could contain cesium-137, which was found in an iron- old.
The article published in G1 had repercussions in other media throughout January 22nd. However, the following day, City Hall reversed course, informing that a laboratory analysis was needed to identify exactly the material.
In addition, the initial disclosures reported that the material could be from a mammography or X-ray device. Hilton Leão Filho, and the president of the Alagoas Society of Radiology, Dr. Thiago Costa de Almeida, who contacted journalists and the Sanitary Surveillance of Alagoas.
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https://g1.globo.com/al/alagoas/noticia/2019/01/23/apos-informar-que-achou-capsula-com-cesio-137-em-ferro-velho-prefeitura-de-arapiraca-agora-diz-que-material-precisa-ser-analisado.ghtml