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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
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Subject: Re: life of nuke wastes
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Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 21:29:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 21 21:29:50 1986
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In article <439@dg_rtp.UUCP>, throopw@dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:
> 
> On the other hand, I doubt that plutonium is only 1/10 as toxic as
> caffine either.  The points I've made here I base on several articles in
> the popular scientific press (Scientific American, Science News) of
> about a year ago, reporting on public perception of toxicity, contrasted
> with the reality of the situation.  In these articles, plutonium was
> found (along with one of the dioxins) about half-way down a list of
> toxic substances ordered by toxicity.

I thought I posted a correction,  caffeine is 1/7 as toxic as
plutonium, using LD50 values.  LD50 is the amount needed to kill
half of the test sample.

> Wayne Throop      <the-known-world>!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!throopw

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