Bed
Bath & Beyond has recalled Dual Ridge Metal boutique tissue holders
for possible radiation contamination. The retailer said it was
voluntarily recalling the boxes, which were sold in 200 of the company’s
1,000 stores in the United States and Canada and on its website, out of
an “abundance of caution.” Bed Bath & Beyond said it had carried
the tissue holders since last July. The company said the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission said there is no threat to anyone’s health. The
NRC said the radiation cannot be inhaled and cannot contaminate other
objects – such as tissues. New York Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav R.
said the tissue holders were contaminated with Cobalt-60, which is used
to treat cancer patients. Shah said exposure to one of the boxes for an
hour would be the equivalent of a chest X-ray. The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission said scrap metal containing Cobalt-60 could have been
inadvertently added during the smelting process.
