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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.sci,net.bio
Subject: Re: Plutonium
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Date: Tue, 8-Apr-86 22:36:33 EST
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Summary: It is very toxic.

Every course I've ever had that mentioned the treatment of plutonium
poisoning agreed that a very small amount can set up a toxic reaction
in the body and lead to death.  Note that this is chemical poisoning,
not radiation poisoning.  I have never had any interest in doing the
maths to figure out how much to kill everybody.  However, a few pounds
in one lump is only likely to kill you folks standing right there
arguing about its toxicity.	;-}
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	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}