RE: A real question, not SI Units

["Jean-Francois, Stephane" <stephane_jeanfrancois@merck.com>]

With a line of thought like that I really should stop speaking French and
Spanish and always eat at McDonald's ,buy from Walmart and sell my New
Beetle and buy a useless 4x4...:-)

Seriously, I read in the newspaper today that there is still some goodies
(fruits, mushrooms etc.) that are refused by the European Union market
because they exceed 600 Bq per kg  or, if you prefere, 16.2 nCi per 2.2 Lbs
(like I care...)

The question (hope it is not too simplistic): Who check (Federal Body) for
those small amounts in food and how it is done ? Do they take one
strawberry, weight it, count it and multiply by the total weight? Who is in
charge of that ? Isn't it a small limit ?


Stephane Jean-Francois, Eng., CHP

Specialiste en radioprotection/Radiation Safety Specialist
Gestion des risques/Risk Management
Merck Frosst Canada & Co
TEL: 514.428.8695
FAX; 514.428.8541
email: stephane_jeanfrancois@merck.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: daniel Boon [mailto:ni_63@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:00 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: SI Units


I am surprise that the rest of the world is moving in the wrong direction. 
Instead of converting to the SI units, they should conform to the units used

by the U.S.

Lets look at this logically.
Which country has more people involved in the radiation industry?
Which country spends the most money on the nuclear industry?
Which county has the most nuclear inspectors?
Which county spends the most money on radiological related instrumentation?
Which does the most research in the nuclear field?
Which country uses the largest amount of radioactive material?
Which country makes the most money?
And which country has bailed the Europeans out of two World Wars?

This in mind don't you think this transition should be moving in the 
opposite direction. If not, perhaps the other nations can jest stop doing 
business with the U.S. and see how long it will take them to change their 
minds.



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