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Subject: Re: life of nuke wastes
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Date: Tue, 15-Jul-86 23:20:00 EDT
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/* Written  1:06 am  Jul 12, 1986 by sandersr@ecn-pc.UUCP in net.sci */
>From: csanders@amdcad.UUCP (Craig S. Anderson)
In article <325@argus.UUCP> ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes:
>Caffeine is about 1/10 as toxic as plutonium.

This is totally outrageous.  Plutonium is THE most toxic substance known
to man, according to the Book of World Records.  Inhaling a few micrograms
will cause lung cancer.  It is a powerful alpha-emitter that causes
severe cell damage if it gets inside your body.  Plutonium must be handled
in sealed gloved boxes, and workers must wear complicated breathing filters
when working around the stuff.
/* End of text from net.sci */

Arf.  The Guinness Book listed the bogus psychic Pavel Stepanek for many
years--should we believe what they said about him, too?  As other netpeople
have pointed out, there's a difference between inhaling plutonium and
ingesting it.

						James Jones