Re: Missing Exit Signs

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

    There was an example of this at Oak Ridge National Lab in 1950 or 

1951 when Tom Blewitt inhaled so much tritium that his voice went high 

-- he became a soprano. The medics told him to tank up on beer and he 

did so. It was a pleasant experience for him and there were no 

repercussions.



Carol Marcus wrote:



> 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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