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A radiation alert was in Australia on Saturday over a missing radioactive capsule. The warning from authorities in Western Australia. State officials there residents of a "radioactive substance risk" in several regions, including the state capital Perth. The search is now on for the tiny capsule, which the harmful and radioactive substance Caesium-137. The capsule just 8 mm high and 6 mm wide. However, it contains a sufficient amount of radioactive material to " serious health consequences". The capsule missing as it was being from the mining town of Newman to a northeast suburb of Perth. Officials believe it through a hole in the truck it.

Caesium-137 is by the mining industry in Australia. The chief health officer for Western Australia, Andrew Robertson, caution to anyone finding the capsule. He : "Exposure to this substance could radiation burns or severe illness. If people the capsule or something that looks similar, stay away from it and others away from it too." He added: "If you are very close to the material or it, the radiation risk increases immensely and could serious damage to your health, including radiation burns to the skin." Even being within a metre of the capsule could someone to radiation levels that are the equivalent of ten X-rays.