Re: Deadly Plutonium ?

[Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@pacbell.net>]

Does anyone else have a problem with the following quotation from this posting:
"It goes on to
state that inhaling smaller amounts of plutonium results in an increased
cancer risk, which is true." ? I am not aware of any human data that
demonstrate the veracity of that statement of fact.  I suspect the statement is
made either on the basis of animal data or on extrapolation from high intakes
(but I don't know of any human studies of high inhalation depositions in the
lungs that demonstrate even high depositions cause cancer).  Any enlightenment
out there?  Al Tschaeche antatnsu@pacbell.net

"Elizabeth M. Brackett" wrote:

> >Article of intrest in the Sunday 2/6/2000 Louisville KY Courier Journal. =
> >http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2000/0002/06/000206uranium.html
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