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Canadian Response: Customs Agents to Receive Radiation Detectors Canadian customs agents at border crossings and ports will receive radiation detection devices by the middle of next month, according to the National Post. Canadian officers are working with U.S. agents to try to prevent dirty bombs or nuclear weapons from being smuggled into the United States (see GSN, March 26). Authorities have been using handheld and lapel-style radiation detectors in certain areas of Canada for three months, Revenue Minister Elinor Caplan said. “There are a number of weapons of mass destruction that emit radiation, so these electronic dosimeters are preset at a threshold which will cause the alarm to go off and alert people,” Caplan said (Robert Fife, National Post, June 13).
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