[ RadSafe ] Re: What was the final result of the cockroach irradiation experiment by Myth busters?

[Jim Hoerner]

> From: parthasarathy k s 

> I could not watch the Discovery channel to get the final results of the "Myth blusters" experiment on cockroach irradiation. Can any one provide me with a summary or direct me to a source from where I can collect the results?

Hi, Dr. P!

See the following two links for all of the gory details.  I suspect some at this list will be surprised by the data.  I was...

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Know_Nukes/message/21570

http://home.jetbroadband.com/~jhoerner/know_nukes/roachmythb.jpg  [data here]


Best regards,
Jim

PS:  Big thanks to Nuke Bob for posting the data!

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