A tiny radioactive capsule with the potential to cause nasty skin burns and serious illness has been lost as it was transported from a West Australian mine to Perth.
An urgent radioactive substance health warning has been issued along a 1400km truck route from the Pilbara to a depot in the Perth suburb of Malaga.
Hazardous material experts are searching for the 8mm by 6mm solid capsule, which is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck after a bolt worked loose.
