RE: Pu Toxicity vs DDT

["Potter, Charles" <capotte@sandia.gov>]

The f1 for Pu is 10^-3 (10^-5 for oxides), so almost all of any ingested Pu
is not absorbed and excreted in the feces.  

Now if we gave everybody just a little to eat...think of the $$$ we could
save on disposal! :)

C. A. Gus Potter
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(505) 844-2750
capotte@sandia.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dempsey [mailto:mdempsey@lanl.gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 10:08 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Pu Toxicity vs DDT


A thread I wish to start is: What is the name of the Nobel Prize Winner
(Chemistry?)  who is making the claim that Pu is NOT the most toxic
substance on earth, as many would have us believe.   I have read it several
times but his name escapes me.  The story goes that he will put a million
dollars down on the table along with a gram of Pu and a gram of DDT.  He
will eat the Pu and you eat the DDT, the winner walks away from the table
alive with the money.  What is his name and does anyone have any further
details?

Thanks in advance...


Clearly my own opinion

Mike Dempsey  dempsey@lanl.gov

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