Re: toxic, toxic

[carol marcus <csmarcus@ucla.edu>]

At 01:14 PM 12/23/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Dave Neil wrote:
>
>> Remember, this is a journalist we're talking about. To them "highly
>> radioactive plutonium" is one word.  I wonder how they would feel if
>> physicists talked about "highly toxic ink"?  (Up to a few years ago,
>> newsprint ink was heavy metal based. Lead, if I recall correctly.)
>
>Another option - let's start using the term "highly toxic journalists" as a
>single word.  As I recall, there were two deaths at TMI, occuring in car
>accidents as people fled the area, whose panic was induced by, yes,
>journalists.  Do journalists cause stress?  Does stress perhaps cause
>cancer?  Hmmm, maybe "extremely toxic journalists".
>
>Happy holidays and a safe Y2K to everyone.
>
>
>Michael Stabin, PhD
>Departamento de Energia Nuclear/UFPE
>Av. Prof. Luiz Freire, 1000 - Cidade Universitaria
>CEP 50740 - 540
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>Phone 55-81-271-8251 or 8252 or 8253
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>E-mail stabin@npd.ufpe.br
>
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>
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Dear Mike:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and Judy and the kids.
"Extremely toxic journalists" is right!

Ciao, Carol

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