Re: More bad news

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

Not if done with external rad. According to German sources, there is evidence of
longer-term high exposures in E. Germany - prisoners died of leukemia within
months of release.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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"Franta, Jaroslav" wrote:

> One bizarre item that came to mind on this topic, is something I read in a
> book by I. Pacepa, called Red Horizons.
> In it, the author - a former head of the secret service in Romania's
> Ceaucescu regime - writes of the latter's penchant for using radioactive
> substances for disposing of imprisoned political detainees (among other
> nasty assasination techniques...).
> It all seemed a bit far fetched to me when I read it, and no way to
> confirm/disprove one man's words - though it would be fairly easy to check
> by surveying any victims, be they dead or alive....
> My Romanian friends all seem to believe Pacepa's words, and hold his book in
> high regard (but this could be a manifestation of the "martyr syndrome")
> Ceaucescu was certainly evil enough to be capable of such crimes, but it
> seems to me that such a method would be rediculously complicated and
> expensive, especially in a country that is not known to have had any great
> capacity for production of large quantities of radioisotopes...
> Has anyone heard any more on this ?
>
> jaro
> frantaj@aecl.ca
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Nathan Pell[SMTP:npell@rsoinc.com]
> > Reply To:     radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> > Sent:         Friday, August 20, 1999 2:54 PM
> > To:   Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:      Re: More bad news
> >
> > I would agree that calling radiation a "deadly weapon" is a bit harsh/un
> > realistic, but the law may not have any other means as to charge someone.
> > I
> > wonder if it could be called poisoning or something. I don't know, just a
> > thought.
> >
> > Nathan A. Pell
> > RSO, Inc
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Hypes <phypes@lanl.gov>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> > Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 11:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: More bad news
> >
> >
> > >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:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>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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