Re: Welcome to California

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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Von: Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@LANL.GOV>

An: Jerry Cohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>; Bjorn Cedervall

<bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Datum: Mittwoch, 05. Juni 2002 00:26

Betreff: Re: Welcome to California





>At 11:36 AM 06/04/2002 -0700, Jerry Cohen wrote:

>>Bananas???  How about Brazil Nuts?

>

>FYI: all living cells contain similar amounts of potassium-40; bananas and

>nuts contain about twice as much as most vegetables and about the same

>amount as meat and human tissue.

>

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But Brazil Nuts contain elevated amounts of Ra-226 (and most probably

Ra-228) and Ra-226 and Ra-228 are much more radiotoxic than Pu-239!!! I

wonder, whether Brazil Nuts will soon be banned for import to the USA!



Franz









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