FDA warns of radioactive shrimp at Walmart, urges recall due to cancer risk
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The FDA has issued a warning that certain lots of Walmart's Great Value frozen shrimp imported from Indonesia may contain radioactive Cesium-137, although levels are below immediate health concern. Consumers are advised to discard these products and retailers to stop selling them, as repeated exposure to low levels of radiation could increase cancer risk over time.
- Walmart's Great Value shrimp has risk of radioactive contamination, FDA says CBS News
- FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart ABC News
- FDA warns of radioactive contamination in some frozen shrimp sold at Walmart USA Today
- Check your freezer: FDA recalls possible radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart WRAL.com
- FDA urges Walmart to recall potentially radioactive shrimp — and cites heightened cancer risks New York Post
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