Re: Chilean Fish

[Les Fraley <les@lamar.ColoState.EDU>]

  Such action will be completely harmless to individuals eating the fish, 
but would have only a negative effect on the (uninformed, radiation wise) 
general public.
Les Fraley

On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, William G. Nabor wrote:

> This is in response to the recent posting describing the fear of
> some Chilean officials that their fishing industry will be harmed
> by the Russian spacecraft that crashed in the Pacific off their
> coast, possibly contaminating the fish with Pu.
> 
> Will any RadSafers join me in offering to eat a dinner consisting
> of any Chilean fish found to contain any detectable amounts of Pu?
> I make this offer with the following provisions:
> 
> 1)  The Pu comes from contamination of the Pacific waters in which
> the fish are caught.
> 
> 2)  The fish are of a species normally considered in the US as a
> food fish.
> 
> 3)  The fish are caught, processed, and handled in a sanitary
> manner so as to preclude food poisoning from less exotic (and MUCH
> more dangerous) "natural" causes.
> 
> 4)  The fish are prepared in an appealing manner (I won't eat sushi
> under any circumstances, and this aversion has nothing to do with
> its safety).
> 
> 5)  The dinner is at a location I can reach and at a cost I can
> afford (I can't make it to Santiago, sorry).
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> William G. Nabor
> University of California, Irvine
> EH&S Office
> Irvine, CA,  92697-2725
> WGNABOR@UCI.EDU
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