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- From: stead@skadi.CSS.GOV (Richard Stead)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Notch another one up for the Greennazis
- Message-ID: <51527@seismo.CSS.GOV>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:36:08 GMT
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- In article <JMC.92Nov20072859@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>, jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy) writes:
- > The trouble with comparing recommended exposure levels is that
- > no Government agency will recommend exposures that will cause
- > even one cancer case in the U.S. 40 years after the exposure.
- > This is quite calculable for plutonium. I'll bet the model
- > for cyanide is that if it doesn't make you sick right away,
- > then the exposure is probably harmless. I suppose that is
- > correct.
-
- I would have to agree. Especially regarding the cyanide - you eat a little
- every day, and the body even produces very minor amounts on its own. It's
- kind of unavoidable when dealing with a lot of complex organic reactions.
- If we used a different toxic substance, maybe the argument would not be
- so clear.
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- Richard Stead
- Center for Seismic Studies
- Arlington, VA
- stead@seismo.css.gov
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