Re: Re DU source and Gulf Illness

[John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>]

Lessler.Richard@epamail.epa.gov wrote:



>Bob,  In response to your reply to me, if reactor DU is used in

>weapon/missiles, is it possible that some radioactive impurity could

>fractionate out after the explosion and be concentrated enough so that

>it might be the cause of the Gulf illness?  Or could Quality Assurance

>have slipped up in some batches so impurities could be present at

>greater than ppb? Could the Gulf locations where the reactor DU was

>exploded be distinguished from the non reactor DU locations to see if

>there is a correlation between illness in areas where the reactor DU was

>used and where the non reactor DU was used?  This is a long shot but

>nothing else has worked so far to explain the Gulf illnesses.   Richard

>Lessler

>  

>

>  

>

Sorry to read this thread.  I believe that you are looking for the 

needle in the haystack that has no needles.

Just my opinion...



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee





************************************************************************

You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,

send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the text "unsubscribe

radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.

You can view the Radsafe archives at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/