RE: Killer Trees

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

That is why the Great Smoky Mountains are called that. (Grew up there)
Humidity and partially oxidized hydrocarbons from the evergreens make for
"natural smog".

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.

On Wednesday, April 26, 2000 6:02 PM, D. Kosloff [SMTP:dkosloff@ncweb.com]
wrote:
> President Reagan, who I opposed when he was Presiden as well as when he
was
> Governor of California, never called them "killer trees".  He said that
> trees polluted.  He was right, they emit hydrocarbons and can introduce
> errors in hydrocarbon pollution measurement.  About a year ago "Science
> Newsletter" had a brief article confirming the truth of his statement.
The
> phrase "killer trees" came from folk making fun of his comment about trees
> causing pollution.  I had to change my mind about President Reagan after
the
> Berlin Wall came down.
> 
> Don Kosloff dkosloff@ncweb.com
> 2910 Main St, Perry OH 44081
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Johansen.Kjell <Kjell.Johansen@wepco.com>
> Subject: RE: Critics Allege Infant Mortality Rate/Cristie Brinkley
> 
> Snipped
> 
> > So while keeping an open, but skeptical, mind to these new "facts" I
> ponder
> > the similarity between a model with no (an assumption on my part)
science
> > training making the current claims about radiation dangers and a former
> > president (an actor like Baldwin) talking about "killer trees" during
the
> > 1980 presidential race.
> 
> 
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