AW: [ RadSafe ] TMI - reported "metallic taste"

[John Jacobus]

Syd,
I drive aroung the DC Beltway.  I fear nothing
anymore.

--- "Syd H. Levine" <syd.levine at mindspring.com> wrote:

> A simple explanation can be found in literature. 
> The "taste of fear" has
> been described as metallic, and some times as the
> taste of copper.  I don't
> think it is surprising that these folks, many scared
> to death, had a
> metallic taste in their mouths.
> 
> Syd H. Levine
> AnaLog Services, Inc.
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
> To: <Rainer.Facius at dlr.de>;
> <bcradsafers at hotmail.com>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] TMI - reported
> "metallic taste"
> 
> 
> >A confounding factor also be the way the
> information
> > was gathered.  One could ask of a resident around
> TMI,
> > "Did you notice anything different?"  Alternately,
> one
> > could ask, "Did you notice anything different,
> like a
> > metallic taste?" hinting to iodine or some other
> > factor.  If people believe that they were harmed,
> > their memories become a bit clouded.  Or biased.
> >
> > --- Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:
> >
> >> Bjorn:
> >>
> >> Thank you for communicating this interesting or
> >> rather astounding self experience. Rainer
> >>
> >> Dr. Rainer Facius
> >> German Aerospace Center
> >> Institute of Aerospace Medicine
> >> Linder Hoehe
> >> 51147 Koeln
> >> GERMANY
> >> Voice: +49 2203 601 3147 or 3150
> >> FAX:   +49 2203 61970
> >>
> >> . . .

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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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