Re[2]: Radio-Phobia

[michael_coogen@hq.dla.mil]

     Apologize for subject matter which is unrelated to response..Can 
     someone be of assistance as to how to unsubscribe off the board?  Many 
     thanks in adavance..


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Subject: Re: Radio-Phobia
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
Date:    10/3/97 11:03 AM


>Does anyone know when, where & why the phrase "plutonium is the most toxic 
>material know" was used, and in what context?  If so, I would like the 
>details, including the exact reference.
     
Glenn T Seaborg, "The Transuranium Elements", Yale Univ Press and 
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., (Library of Congress card # 58-11258) (1958) page 
75:
     
"Included among its unusual properties is the extremely poisonous character 
of plutonium (Pu-239); in point of fact, it is one of the most dangerous 
poisons known to man, as a result of its alpha radioactivity and chemical 
properties, which cause it to find a more or less permanent site in the 
bone after assimilation."
     
"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe") 
mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)