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

[John Jacobus]

John,
Yes, I am aware that we need potassium.  My question
is do we need K-40 as some believe.

--- John R Johnson <idias at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:

> John
> 
> It has nothing to do with K-40. We all need
> potassium to live, as I pointed 
> out recently on Radsafe.
> 
> John
> ***************
> John R Johnson, PhD
> CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
> Vancouver, B. C.
> Canada
> (604) 222-9840
> idias at interchange.ubc.ca
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
> To: "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)"
> <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>; "John R Johnson" 
> <idias at interchange.ubc.ca>; "Jeff Terry"
> <terryj at iit.edu>; "radsafe" 
> <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:02 PM
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] LAT Article: Florida 
> pawnshop'sradioactivesurprise("Yellow cake")
> 
> 
> > Jim,
> > Beyond cells, is there any proof to your statement
> > regarding K-40?  A citation or two would be nice.
> >
> > --- "Muckerheide, Jim  (CDA)"
> > <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Amen John,
> >>
> >> Not only would you die without potassium, it is
> >> fairly well homeostatically controlled.
> >>
> >> We even know that with just K-39, removing the
> K-40,
> >> and shielding from external radiation, cells and
> >> organisms cease to function.
> >>
> >> Regards, Jim
> >>
> >>
> >> 

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


 
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