Lithuanian officials warned the country's 3.5 million citizens on Friday to be on the lookout for a missing radioactive U.S. $100 bank note.
Officials in the ex-Soviet state say they do not know how the note became radioactive, but one theory is that it could have come somewhere in Eastern Europe that still has a high level of post-Chernobyl contamination.
It was discovered in September when it set off alarms at an airport checkpoint and was quarantined in a safe room.
okay... this is the part I don't get... Radiation doesn't have a smell and can't be seen so how do they expect someone to find this bill? I guess the next time it goes to the airport someone will find it. I sure wouldn't want to have that bill in my front pocket next to the family jewels.
Immortal wrote:I dont think anyone is to blame, maybe it was an unfortunate accident.... not a deliberate thing...
I don't think anyone is saying it was a deliberate thing...it's just kind of weird that they put out an alert for people to look for it. Like Apop said, how can you really look for it? It will look and smell just like other Ben Franklins.
They should have the serial #, which people could watch for.
since $100 is 2/3 of the average monthly wage there, it's likely not alot of Lithuanians carry around or even see alot of $100 dollar bills
