West Germany to Destroy Radioactive Milk Powder
The West German government will destroy 5,000 tons of radioactive milk powder stranded in railroad cars throughout the country, Environment Minister Walter Wallmann said Thursday.
He said in a statement that the manufacturers and the owners of the powder, made from milk contaminated by fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, had agreed to let the government take over its ownership.
About 3,000 tons of the powder is in railroad cars in Bremen and Cologne after officials stopped a bid to export it to a Third World country, reportedly Egypt.
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