[ RadSafe ] Claim by German Green that Uranium dust used as pesticide in ...

[dlawrencenewyork at aol.com]

While I have never heard of its' use as a pesticide (a highly dubious claim indeed), I have heard of apatite ore being used a a fertilizer due to its' high phosphate content. Some of these ores in Tanzania are reported to contain up to 20% REEs. Is it possible this is the source of her confusion? .. on this particular point at least


Best Regards,
David Lawrence



-----Original Message-----
From: Andycgeo <Andycgeo at aol.com>
To: radsafe <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 10:31 am
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Claim by German Green that Uranium dust used as pesticide in ...


Where do these farmers get the uranium dust? It sounds crazy. Do they scoop 
 it up from the ground?
Perhaps they can sell it for nuclear reactor fuel ANOTHER STRANGE  STORY
 
Andy George 
 
 
In a message dated 11/12/2012 8:25:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rwhelbig at gmail.com writes:

Does any  of this make sense?  Is Uranium an effective pesticide?   Does
Tanzania have so much uranium that they would use it?  Or is this  just
another example of hyped false claims by Greens and by  Christina
MacPherson in Australia?

Roger Helbig

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From: nuclear-news  <comment-reply at wordpress.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:00  PM
Subject: [New post] Uranium dust used as pesticide in Tanzania:  urgent
need to stop this

Christina MacPherson posted: "Action  needed' on uranium use in
Tanzania, DW 11 Nov 12, Reports say Tanzanian  farmers have used
uranium dust as a pesticide. Immediate inspections are  needed, says
Ute Koczy, a member of the German parliament and Green  Party
spokeswoman on development"

Uranium dust used as pesticide in  Tanzania: urgent need to stop this

by Christina  MacPherson

Action needed' on uranium use in Tanzania, DW 11 Nov 12,  Reports say
Tanzanian farmers have used uranium dust as a pesticide.  Immediate
inspections are needed, says Ute Koczy, a member of the  German
parliament and Green Party spokeswoman on development issues.  Read
more of this post

Christina MacPherson | November 12, 2012 at  6:00 am | Categories:
AFRICA, environment | URL:  http://wp.me/phgse-8vG

http://nuclear-news.net/2012/11/12/uranium-dust-used-as-pesticide-in-tanzani
a-urgent-need-to-stop-this/

If  this is more hyped fallacy, send your thanks to Word Press for
allowing it  to be pushed out to the masses all over the world.  If
enough people  complain and provide facts, maybe they will start
looking into the wide  openess of their web pages and ask for a
differentiation between science  fact and science  fiction.
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