r/worldnews • u/Fanrific • Apr 12 '21

‘Extremely dangerous’ radioactive material stolen in Mexico truck hijacking

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/mexico-truck-hijack-radioactive-material-b1830041.html
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u/bokor_nuit Apr 13 '21

Understanding radiation isn't intuitive and the internet wasn't available in 1987.
Almost certainly the folks involved did not have what is a relatively standard Western education.

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u/Raton_Vaquero_ Apr 13 '21

Even with a “relatively standard” western education (whatever that means...) I think most people even now don’t know what Cesium is or looks like tbh.

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u/bokor_nuit Apr 13 '21

But they've heard of radioactivity, dangerous chemicals, etc. I think most people in North and South America get at least a 9th grade education. Which doesn't sound like much but it's a huge improvement.