The hunt for “radioactive dollars”
`Kazakhstan is on a nationwide hunt for dozens of “radioactive dollars” circulating in the country’s financial system.
The Kazakh central bank said in a letter to financial institutions the radiation level of the U.S. dollar notes was 100 times above normal. A Kazakh citizen brought them into the country in November, it said.
“(The dollars) pose a direct threat to people’s health,” said the letter, obtained by Reuters Wednesday.’
