The World's Most Radioactive Places
Radioactive Sand | Guarapari, Brazil
In September 1987 two men broke into an abandoned hospital to steal what they thought was scrap metal - it actually turned out to be a cancer therapy device containing a lethal radioactive substance. The thief invited his friends and family to see the object which was glowing blue but those who handled it became ill. Authorities stepped in to dispose of the metal but by that time a large area of land had already been contaminated.
