Border officer overestimated radiation threat from Japan

Officer feared mail in wake of tsunami and meltdowns was radioactive and refused to work without monitoring

A Canadian border services officer who refused to sort mail coming from Japan in the wake of the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear meltdown was not in any danger of being exposed to harmful levels of radiation, the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal has ruled.

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