US returns radiation-contaminated footwear to Indonesia

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Bloomberg

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November 12, 2025

The US has flagged Indonesian exports of footwear for cesium-137 contamination, including one other product displaying indicators of radiation to a listing that already contains shrimp and cloves.

A contaminated footwear cargo has been despatched again to Indonesia from the US – Reuters

Authorities in Jakarta mentioned Wednesday that two containers of footwear suspected of being contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 had been not too long ago returned by the US.

The footwear comes from an organization situated close to the location of a radiation leak in western Java, an official with the federal government job power investigation the radiation findings informed reporters.

Authorities have been working to clear up an industrial park the place they are saying a small metal firm seems to have smelted scrap metallic blended with cesium, contaminating varied close by factories. The US beforehand flagged Indonesian exports of shrimp despatched from an organization throughout the industrial park.