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Re: Pacemakers

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Pacemakers
From: High Plains Drifter <magna1@jps.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 15:00:44 -0800
Organization: D&D Racing
References: <199812041944.MAA06647@rfgate.rfets.gov>

"Reynolds, Harold" wrote:

I am not a medical type so I can't be 100% sure, but I believe some heart pacemakers are powered by plutonium. Is this true?

Harry, most if not all are Pu powered and there are regulations in place, which do not work all the time, to retrieve the pacemakers when the user dies.

High Plains Drifter
magna1@jps.net

References:
- Pacemakers
  - From: "Reynolds, Harold" <harold.reynolds@rfets.gov>

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