Re: More bad news

[Philip Hypes <phypes@lanl.gov>]

A deadly weapon!?  Are we going to have to register bannanas?  Will it be
unlawful to carry concealed brazil nuts?  Has someone gone nuts?

At 10:21 AM 8/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Man charged with radioactive assault
>SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former university lab technician who authorities said
>sought revenge on a coworker by smearing her chair with radioactive
material was
>arrested Thursday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Andrew Andris
>Blakis, 32, told police he thought the researcher who shared his work station
>had tried to poison him. In retaliation, Blakis smeared the compound on the
>chair of Jingtong Zuo. Zuo sat on the chair for about six hours before she
>discovered the contamination during a routine Geiger counter sweep.
>Investigators estimate Zuo was exposed to an average yearlong dose of
radiation.
>Although she is not experiencing any symptoms of radiation poisoning, the
>long-term effects are unclear.
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Philip Hypes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Safeguards Science and Technology Group (NIS 5)
(505) 667-1556  phypes@lanl.gov

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