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RE: Missing Exit Signs
Bernie et al
Interesting, but I doubt it was caused by the dose from tritium.
John
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Bernard L. Cohen
Sent: March 11, 2004 1:22 PM
To: Carol Marcus
Cc: jjcohen; Williamson, Matthew/Medical Physics; Radsafe
Subject: Re: Missing Exit Signs
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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