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Re: RADSAFE digest 3315

Andrew Karam wrote:

"Greetings, all.  I received a phone call from a local reporter doing a story
on radioactivity in antiques.  She asked me what I could tell her about an
incident in Buffalo in the 1980s in which a number of rings were found to
contain radioactivity, and said that apparently law suits were filed.  She
also thought that the incident was written up in either Health Physics or
some other journal.

I have searched Quest and the HPJ WWW page, but have been unable to find any
reference to this under "jewelry".  I'd really appreciate any help from
Radsafe-land on this one so I can get back to the woman to give her some
specifics as to the amount of activity, the probably dose, and expected
effects.

Thanks -

Andy"

I did a Quest search (gold and ring) and came up with the following:

HPJ April 1989; 56 (4): 547-550, Measuring skin dose rate from radioactively contaminated gold rings....

As I recall, gold seeds used for implants were lost (stolen?) and found their way into gold jewelry.  Can't recall 
the radionuclide.


Regards,

John R. Laferriere, CHP
DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co.
Medical Imaging Division
john.r.laferriere@dupontpharma.com
(978) 671-8316   fax (978) 671-8149
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