Re: Natural Radioactive Isotopes in Diesel Exhaust

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

The NORM in coal comes from the uranium content of coal, and there wouldn't be any uranium in refined product.  there would be some C-14 from the natural abundance of C-14, just as in any organic compound or inorganic carbon compound (wood, gasoline, sugar, carbon dioxide).  health effects from diesel exhauist are from CO, and the effects of radiocarbon monoxide would be negligible (the amount of CO needed to kill you doesn't contain enough C-14 to do anything). 


Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

ruthweiner@aol.com