CBRN event in California, Rancho Mirage area, United States of America on Mon 10th February 2014

10th February 2014

The source material and subsequent headlines on METIS are collated by our system and taken direct from source. The opinions and views expressed in these source articles and source headlines are not the views and opinions of METIS or its employees.

METIS is not able to substantiate the veracity of sources or check misinformation in real-time. Our analysis is based on currently reported information and may change as new information becomes available.

A package left outside for pickup at the Eisenhower Medical Center was left unattended and mistakenly put into a dumpster by a housekeeper, which was then taken to the Riverside County Landfill in Rancho Mirage, California . The package contained a Bracco CardioGen RB82/SR82 generator. The Medical Center reported the source material's activity at 99.9 mCi. Although the Riverside County HAZMAT has been notified, the package remains missing.

Contextual analysis

Analysing the event count by highlighting the presence of munition categories over a six-month data period.

Enterprise

Understand the complete picture with an Enterprise account.

Learn more

Information sources

Discussion and media of this event has been extracted from all sources.

Enterprise

Country information

Click to view more information about the country and see more information on conflicts occuring in that region.

United States of America (USA)

California ( Rancho Mirage area )

Discover more

Events using similar munitions or platforms and those that happen within a recent time line and proximity are displayed below.

Enterprise

Understand the complete picture with an Enterprise account.

Learn more