Tuesday, September 09, 2003

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Tuesday, September 09, 2003
By David Goodman, Associated Press


DETROIT — Stepped up antiterrorism measures at the U.S.-Canada border are regularly uncovering radioactive material and other illegal medical waste in Ontario trash bound for a Michigan landfill.

While the checks have found no known terrorists, they have found many shipments containing medical waste, including some with radioactive material, Robert Prause, the department's port director at the bridge, said Monday.

Steve Whitter, Toronto's waste services director, said...(Read on in: New U.S. border checks find radioactive Canadian trash)

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