Re: So, is reprocessing in America's future?

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Raymond Shadis wrote:



> Ted,

> Radioactive materials ARE uniquely hazardous in that no contact is necessary

> for harm to be inflicted.



	Plutonium, which started this thread, inflicts no harm without

contact; in fact it must be inhaled or ingested. 

	Nerve gases kill without any obvious contact, as does aflotoxin

and other biological agents in food or water supplies.



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