Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Five adults and one teenager are being treated for possible radiation exposure at a hospital in Pachuca, Mexico after possible contact with radioactive Cobalt-60 that was stolen and recovered this week.
Hidalgo state health official Jose Antonio Copca was quoted by state-run Notimex as saying the six individuals seem to have been in contact with the medical equipment container which held the radioactive material, and not directly in contact with the radioactive material, approximately 12 hours after the truck transporting it was stolen on Monday in Tepojaco.