Newspaper Reporter's Query (fwd)

[Bruce Busby <bbusby@umich.edu>]

Hi All. 

Anyone want to help a newspaper reporter write a responsible article? 
Here is your chance.

Also, I am having a little trouble with our e mail server, so I will echo 
my last post.

I have placed the Call for Papers announcement for the mid year meeting 
on our web site, under Professional (follow the link to Conferences and 
Call for Papers). It is in HTML format, but I also have a copy of the 
uuencoded message that Brett sent out.

For those who are wondering, uuencode and uudecode are nifty programs 
that can translate any file into text so it can be "e mialed" then 
restore the file to its orginal form. Works with programs, documents, 
text, pictures, ect. Hence, it allows file transfer via e mail.
There are several good shareware and freeware versions floating around 
cyberspace you can use. 

-Bruce
http://www.umich.edu/~bbusby/


Subject: Reporter

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From: Vedantam@aol.com
Subject: Newspaper Reporter's Query

I'm a reporter for Knight-RidderNewspapers in Washington, a major chain 
representing newspapers like the Detroit Free Press, Miami Herald and the 
Philadelphia Inquirer. I wonder if you can help me find some information.

I was looking for information on the effects of strontium-85 and calcium-45
on the human body. They are both radioactive - would you know if they can be
injected into people in "safe doses"? What are the effects of these elements
on the human body? 

If you don't know where I can find this info, could you direct me to someone
who might know? The research is for an article that should appear in our
newspapers sometime this month.

Many thanks.

Shankar Vedantam