India's nuclear authorities have admitted radioactive scrap was exported from the country to make lift buttons in France. French firm Mafelec sent thousands of lift buttons to the elevator maker Otis, ...

Buttons produced at a factory in France for elevator manufacturer Otis have been found to be radioactive, as have metal components imported into Sweden. The source of the radiation has been traced ...

France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has found elevator buttons used by Otis and supplied by French company, Mafelec, using materials sourced from an Indian supplier, who had handled these buttons, ...

PARIS, Oct 22 A French lift-maker scrambled on Wednesday to remove buttons from hundreds of elevators after the nuclear safety authority said Indian-imported materials used in them were radioactive.

PARIS, Oct 22 A French lift-maker scrambled on Wednesday to remove buttons from hundreds of elevators after the nuclear safety authority said Indian-imported materials used in them were radioactive.