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Re: What about radiation
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- Subject: Re: What about radiation
- From: Martin Horejsi <martinh@isu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:41:41 -0700
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draco@bios.iuf.net wrote:
"As far as I know all meteorites should have high level of radiation due to
the influence of UV, x-rays and other Solar and cosmic rays? Somebody knows
anything about it? Maybe all found meteorites are the sources of different
diseases such as cancer?"
For some reason, probably stemming from comic books and cartoons, many
people believe meteorites are or should be radioactive. Fortunately,
meteorites are not radioactive at all.
Although meteorites have been exposed to cosmic radiation, they do not
contain materials which emit any radioactive particles. Also, "UV, x-rays
and other Solar and cosmic rays" may have been formed through processes
founded in radioactive decay, but they in themselves are not the same type
of radiation, and although dangerous to humans, they are just high energy
electromagnetic waves.
Sincerely,
Martin
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