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From: carroll@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Galileo plutonium
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 22:58:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 22:58:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!carroll    Mar  5 21:58:00 1986


	There is a big difference between "harmless", "dangerous", and
"so deadly that it will kill off millions of people if any of it gets
loose". The evidence I have seen indicates that plutonium goes in the
second category, not the first or third. BTW, Mr. Pournelle is talking
about plutonium OXIDE, the normal form it is found in. Metallic
plutonium is quite a bit more toxic (as are all the heavy metals).