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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '1999-10-25T09:34:00'
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title: Yowsers! Road repair crews in
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Yowsers! Road repair crews in Kenya used gravel from a local gravel pit to pave the roads. This happens all over the world, I imagine. Trouble was, the rock at this gravel pit had a high amount of Thorium 232, and now [up to 25,000 people have to be checked for radiation poisoning.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_484000/484034.stm)