RE: "radiation Safety"

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

Several of us were "e-napped" into the list when it started up.  The
postings were even worse than this example, and the English was so bad that
another Russian offered to tutor the listowner in English grammar.  :-)

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

Dogs think you are family. Cats think you are staff

On Thursday, June 22, 2000 9:45 AM, ruth_weiner
[SMTP:ruth_weiner@email.msn.com] wrote:
> Hello radsafers:
> 
> I somehow got an invitation to join an email group called "radiation
safety"
> so i looked up their web page at
>    http://www.egroups.com/invite/radiation_safety  and here is a sample:
> 
> "Radioactivity* is a possibility of some atoms (radionuclides) to
>               release elementary particles and their conglomerates. To
them
> can
>               originate alpha- beta- decay, k-acquisition of electrons and
>               dividing of a parent nucleus. Products of dividing have
> exuberate
>               energy and radiate it as a gamma- and X- rays.
> 
>               Radiations* can be electromagnetic and corpuscular (products
> of
>               decay of parent nucleuses). Irradiation, falling and diving
in
>               biological objects, interacts with them that causes change
of
> their
>               molecular pattern. It results to seriously changes of
objects
> and
>               people and to death.
> 
>               Radiological contamination* can be of four kinds: natural
(73%
>               from general influencing on health on the average over the
> world)
>               medical (25%), technogenic(0,1%), emergency (2%).
>               Detection and elimination of radioactive pollution*. Devices
> for
>               detection radiation contaminations and radiation area
control.
>               How to be saved of radiological contaminations.  "
> 
> Need I say more?
> 
> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
> 7336 Lew Wallace NE
> Albuquerque, NM
> 505-856-5011
> fax 505-856-5564
> ruth_weiner@msn.com
> ruth_weiner@ymp.gov
> 
> 
> 
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