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Re: Missing Exit Signs
At 04:10 PM 3/10/2004, jjcohen wrote:
> From a health and safety standpoint, if any radionuclide deserves to be
>pooh-poohed, I think that tritium would be a leading candidate.
>In any case, it is implied that 55 ci is a serious quantity.
>Is there any level low enough to be considered
>de minimis (pooh-poohable)? Given its apparent understanding of
>radioactivity, the public could likely be "terrorized" by a few picocuries.
Dear Radsafers:
Given the fact that the ALI for ingestion or inhalation of tritium is 80
mCi, there probably isn't much to worry about. If you tell the public that
a good treatment for tritium internalization is beer, and that anyone
contaminated should go home and tank up, maybe a lot of folks would calm
down. Especially if they get a little drunk.............!
Ciao, Carol
Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
<csmarcus@ucla.edu>
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