Radioactive scrap from India used to make lift buttons in France
French firm put buttons in hundreds of lifts over summer
from Randeep Ramesh in Delhi
The Guardian, Friday October 24 2008
India’s nuclear authorities have admitted radioactive scrap was exported
from the country to make lift buttons in France.
French firm Mafelec sent thousands of lift buttons to the elevator maker
Otis, which put them in hundreds of lifts in the country over the summer.
Otis said it removed the (...)