Italian police seize 30 tons of radioactive steel imported from China

Italian police said Monday they have seized 30 tons of Chinese-made steel that had been contaminated by a radioactive substance.

The environmental protection police squad said the steel was destined for the industrial production of chimneys and pulleys, and long-term exposure could have been dangerous for workers handling it.

Police said in a statement that the shipment had come from China's TISCO company and had arrived in the northern port town …