RE: BSE and irradiation

["Moroney, Roger W" <Roger.Moroney@mkg.com>]

Richard Rhodes wrote a book called "Deadly Feasts" which explores BSE and
the human variants (C-J disease). Rhodes was also the author of "Making of
the Atomic Bomb" and another with a similar title on the hydrogen bomb (both
pretty good also). The radio-resistance of the prion is discussed but I
don't recall seeing any numbers on dose, just that it was one of the
indicators that the infectious agent was not a virus or bacteria.

Rhodes' book was very interesting. He does excellent research on his topic
and writes well. So well that my own beef consumption dropped a bit. I
always liked seafood better anyway!

Roger Moroney
Health Physicist
Mallinckrodt, Inc
(AKA Tyco Health Care)
roger.moroney@mkg.com

"You can cage the singer but not the song."
Harry Belafonte
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