{"id":591,"date":"2014-01-28T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=591"},"modified":"2014-01-28T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T19:18:02","slug":"mde-police-seek-stolen-tool-with-small-amount-of-radioactive-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2014\/01\/28\/mde-police-seek-stolen-tool-with-small-amount-of-radioactive-material\/","title":{"rendered":"MDE, police seek stolen tool with small amount of radioactive material"},"content":{"rendered":"
MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/h5>\n

Samantha Kappalman or Jay Apperson,
\n
410-537-3003
\nsamantha.kappalman@maryland.gov<\/a>
\njay.apperson@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h5>\n

MDE, police seek stolen tool with small amount of radioactive material<\/h3>\n

BALTIMORE, MD<\/strong>\u00a0(January 28, 2014) \u2013 The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a public alert that a tool containing a small amount of radioactive material has been reported to have been stolen after it was used as part of a property inspection in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Although the device contains radioactive material, there is no imminent public health risk.<\/p>\n

A Dynasil RMD LPA-1 analyzer, used to measure concentrations of lead in paint, was reported to have been stolen around\u00a02:40 p.m. Monday\u00a0from a property in the 2600 block of East Monument Street in Baltimore. The radioactive material is sealed and housed in a tungsten shield inside the instrument and can only be exposed when the instrument\u2019s face is in contact with a surface. The instrument also has locks to prevent its shutter from being opened. It weighs three pounds.<\/p>\n

Anyone finding the device should report it immediately to MDE\u2019s Radiological Health Program at 866-MDE-GOTO\u00a0(866-633-4686<\/a>), Baltimore City police at\u00a0410-396-2433<\/a>, or the licensee, Arc Environmental, at\u00a0410-962-9971<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"analyzer\"<\/a>
\nRMD LPA-1 analyzer (dynasilproducts.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman or Jay Apperson, 410-537-3003 samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov jay.apperson@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MDE, police seek stolen tool with small amount of radioactive material BALTIMORE, MD\u00a0(January 28, 2014) \u2013 The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a public alert that a tool containing a small amount of radioactive material has been reported to have  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","category-radiation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}