AP - Ala. lab is 1st defense for radiation from Japan

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- At a government laboratory in Alabama, workers in blue coats unload envelopes packed with small filters that trapped air particles in Hawaii, Alaska and elsewhere. The discs are placed in lead-lined, barrel-like devices for testing to make sure no traces of radioactive materials have wafted across the Pacific Ocean from Japan....

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