RE: Paducah plutonium

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Weiner, Ruth wrote:

> In agonizing over this whole Paducah plutonium question, I came up with a
> question of my own:  is there any epidemiological, or other non-anecdotal,
> evidence of cancer from plutonium inhalation? 

	There is no evidence among humans. There is a great deal of such
data on dogs and several other animals.
> 
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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