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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Radioactivity and Superstition; was: Re: Are Your Light Bulbs Radioactive?
- Message-ID: <183307@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 20:56:29 GMT
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- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com
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- In article <gjcnpd#@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
- >
- >Dave, you ought to know better. Let's try a little test. Put
- >the following in ascending order of radioactivity. Then put
- >the list in ascending order of radiation emittance. Identify
- >the active isotope in each and the approximate quantity. For
- >extra credit, note where, if ever, on the list a radiation
- >health hazard becomes apparent. Cite the applicable NCRP or NRC
- >reference for your assertion.
- >
- >FiestaWare china
- >Coleman lantern mantles
- >The human body
- >A common brick.
- >A basket full of veggies.
- >A cinderblock
- >Fireplace ashes
- >A tritiated luminous clock dial
- >An ionization smoke alarm
- >An ordinary fluorescent lamp starter.
- >A neon bulb
- >A StaticMaster antistatic camera brush
- >A compact fluorescent lamp
- >A vacuum tube.
- >
- How about publishing the results? I would guess that the brick,
- china, veggies, human body, and maybe the coleman mantel would be
- high on the list? [And I would also bet that answer is likely
- to be wrong >:-) ]\
-