Bridgestone to recall nearly 10,000 Jobno bicycles with radioactive baskets

Bridgestone Cycle Co. plans to recall 9,405 of its Jobno bicycles after radioactive materials were found in its Chinese-made stainless steel basket, the company said Thursday.

Radiation of 7.5 to 10.6 microsieverts per hour was detected on the upper edge of the baskets attached to the bikes, according to Bridgestone Cycle and the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.

The isotope was identified as cobalt-60, which was not present in the fallout spewed by the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, they said.  By HIROKO NAKATA

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