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From: adam@miduet.mifnet.gec-mi-ate.co.uk (Adam Quantrill)
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Subject: Re: Russian Nuclear Accident
Message-ID: <147@miduet.mifnet.gec-mi-ate.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16-May-86 10:04:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 16 10:04:38 1986
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In article <184@olamb.UUCP> soren@olamb.UUCP (Soeren Rabbe) writes:
>It looks like most of the 
>radiation comes from Iodine-131 which is easily adopted in the body. What
>harm it has caused is unknown. But the half-life period is about 30 days,
>so the risk for further exposure will reduce fast.
>	Soren Rabbe   (AmbraSoft A/S, Denmark).

Actually, it's 8.05 days. I wonder why my supermarket has sold out of mineral
water?....
		-Adam.