IP: re Dept of Energy: "A little radiation is OK"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 08:06:37 +0100
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> From: David Byrden <David () Byrden com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Dept of Energy: "A little radiation is OK"
>
>
> > > Now the DOE wants to recycle
> > > "low level" radioactive waste into metals used for consumer products!!
>
> Here's a relevant fact: since the atom bomb explosions during
> and after the war, the entire biosphere is contaminated with
> traces of radioactive dust. These inevitably find their way into
> metals during manufacturing.
>
> Some might argue that such low levels are irrelevant, but the facts
> show otherwise. There are products for which the current level of
> man-made radiation is simply unacceptable. To get "clean" steel for
> such products, the industry recovers, at great expense, ships that
> were scuttled during World War 1.
>
> In other words, we've already poisoned the planet to a greater extent
> than we're able to work with.
>
>                                         David Byrden



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