{"id":7374,"date":"2023-03-13T06:06:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T11:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2023-03-13T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T11:06:52","slug":"texas-officials-search-for-missing-radiographic-camera-with-radioactive-material-lost-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=7374","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Texas officials search for missing radiographic camera with radioactive material lost in Houston<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas officials are asking people\u00a0in the Houston area\u00a0to be on the lookout for a missing radiographic camera.<br>The\u00a0Texas Department of State Health Services\u00a0(DSHS) says the camera, which contains radioactive material, went missing on Thursday.<br>The camera was owned by Statewide Maintenance Company, which is offering a reward for its return.<br>The model is typically used in construction and weighs 53 pounds.<br>The radiographic camera was owned by Statewide Maintenance Company, which is offering a reward for its return.\u00a0(Texas Department of State Health Services)<br>Officials say that the risk of radioactive exposure is very low.<br>&#8220;This\u00a0type of radioactive source\u00a0is called a &#8216;sealed source&#8217; because the radioactive material is sealed inside a capsule, which is in turn sealed inside the camera with protective shielding and other safety features,&#8221; the DSHS said in a statement.<br>&#8220;The outside of the camera has radiation markings,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Levels of radiation outside the camera, itself, are not dangerous.&#8221;<br>Authorities ask anyone who finds the camera to call 512-458-7460. The camera should not be opened for safety reasons.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-officials-search-missing-radiographic-camera-radioactive-material-lost-houston\">Foxnews<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas officials are asking people\u00a0in the Houston area\u00a0to be on the lookout for a missing radiographic camera.The\u00a0Texas Department of State Health Services\u00a0(DSHS) says the camera, which contains radioactive material, went missing on Thursday.The camera was owned by Statewide Maintenance Company, which is offering a reward for its return.The model is typically used in construction and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[3198,1473,1298],"class_list":["post-7374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-camera","tag-missing","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7376,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374\/revisions\/7376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}