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From: rdp@teddy.UUCP (Richard D. Pierce)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Plutonium
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Date: Tue, 22-Apr-86 12:07:22 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 22 12:07:22 1986
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In article <885@harvard.UUCP> greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg) writes:
>In article <708@whuts.UUCP> orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER) writes:
>>A few pounds of plutonium *IF* properly distributed in tiny specks to
>>everyone's lungs could indeed kill everyone on Earth.  Plutonium is
>>incredibly toxic stuff.  However it would be practically impossible
>>to distribute a mere few pounds of plutonium in such a way that it
>>*would* kill everyone on Earth.  My point there was to show the
>>incredible toxicity of plutonium which is awesome.
>
>A few pounds of carbon, *IF* properly distributed in everyone's brain
>cells, could indeed kill everyone on Earth.  However, it would be
>practically impossible to distribute a mere few pounds of carbon in such
>a way that it *would* kill everyone on Earth...
>-- 

Yes, but does anyone realize that PLUTONIUM CARBIDE is so POISONOUS, that
one drop on the tongue of a dog could KILL a MAN!?

To test gregregreg's hypothesis about carbon, I did indeed take a few pounds
of carbon and distributed it in one of my office partner's brain. It did indeed
kill him, and I still have the big lumps of coal left over to do it to
everyone else on earth.

NEXT!

Seriously folks, this plutonium issue, about which I (and apparently others)
have little expertise, has gotten completely out of hand. Some have attempted
to get ahold of real sources to back themselves up, but, in general, the
information content of the discussion has been remarakably low. How about
get ahold of a definitive source both for and against, and let's stop the
name calling, as this has been going on for a couple of months now.

Exasperated,

Dick Pierce