[ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Floridapawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")

[Earley, Jack N]

"  cells must obey the second law of thermodynamics. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism#Thermodynamics_of_living_organis
ms"


John--

I'm a little confused by your clarification. Cells are open, not closed,
systems, so entropy is not applicable since they dissipate their
disorder to their environment. I'm not disagreeing with your
conclusions; I'm just missing the connection to entropy.
 
 
Jack Earley
Health Physicist
509.372.9532