[meteorite-list] TRINITITE--give me a break
From: jonee_at_epix.net <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:54 2004 Message-ID: <200205282255.g4SMtFPD015594_at_bean.epix.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=____1022626515230_CaWe.FLuGh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alpha particles aren't rays they are helum nucleii and are stopped by paper skin etc etc etc The only radioactive danger from trinitie is the out chance of a plutonium particle--that is a legitimate but REMOTE concern. so scan it if you have a chance. BTW Gieger Counters won't detect alpha radiation even if you wwere drowning in it. Some fiestaware(red) is very active in the Alpha range. The trinity site has a slightly elevated background radiation equal to that of a trans continental flight. And I am tired of the conspiracy theorist-- there are boards for that elsewhere and I am tired of non scientific based speculation ad nausea I am tired of being tired... Would a savior step forward and acutually post some this ------=____1022626515230_CaWe.FLuGh Content-Type: text/html; name="replyAll" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="replyAll" <HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hello All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My trinite will just barely moves my gigacounter....barely. The uranium balls I have (and will soon be selling) move it more. My furniture does not move the gigacounter (nor does any of meteorites or anything else I could find in my house. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My father was a radition specialist in the army and use to give classes in the early 80's when everybody was still kinda worried about Russia nuking the US. They used these heavy lead boxes to store small radioactive things in. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also I do not believe, or see how, tin foil would stop a gamma ray or alpha ray..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Messa! ge -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Edward Hodges</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 28, 2002 3:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> mlblood_at_cox.net</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Cc:</B> meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] TRINITITE</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>I'm much too concerned with heating up my irradiated hamburger in my<BR>microwave while talking on my cell phone, and drinking directly from the<BR>faucet. Honestly, there must be a thousand more dangerous things that we do<BR>everyday. I might have them swept with a Geiger counter, or place them on<BR>unexposed film just to be sure, but I don't think there's any real danger.-<BR>Edward<BR><BR><BR><BR>>From: Michael Blood <mlblood@cox.net><BR>>Reply-To: mlblood@cox.net<BR>>To: rochette <rochette@cerege.fr><BR>>CC: meteori! te-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>>Subject: [meteorite-list] TRINITITE<BR>>Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 11:50:46 -0800<BR>><BR>>Hi Pierre,<BR>> "Better men than I," as the saying goes, have told me 2 different<BR>>things regarding the radioactivity of Trinitite:<BR>>1) That its radioactive level is so low as to be completely irrelivant<BR>>& that you could tape it to the inside of your jock strap and wear<BR>>it daily with ZERO impact on yourself or your offspring (I wouldn't<BR>>reccommend this, myself)<BR>>2) Others have said it has a "lower" level of radioactivity than the<BR>>furnature in your home (I don't see how this is possible - but I lack<BR>>insight on several things)<BR>> I do know some collectors keep their Trinitite wrapped in<BR>>tin foil "just in case" - but then, some people wear tin foil hats to<BR>>protect them from the radio beams....<BR>> Best wishes, Michael<BR>><BR>>--<BR>>rochette wrote:<BR>> ! > I am amazed that some people dare collecting this material!<BR>> > Army people say its radioactivity "should" have come now to acceptable<BR>> > level, but first who is able to trust 100% such quote (from people who<BR>> > experimented injection of plutonium into humans without telling them)<BR>>and<BR>> > second even if on average this material may be relatively safe, one<BR>>cannot<BR>> > exclude that a given sample is by chance loaded with a speck of<BR>>plutonium...<BR>> ><BR>> > so no thanks, even if cheaper than natural impact glass!<BR>> ><BR>> > Pierre<BR>> ><BR>> > ______________________________________________<BR>> > Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>> > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>> > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR>><BR>>______________________________________________<BR>>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>>Meteorite-list@met! eoritecentral.com<BR>>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.<BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=____1022626515230_CaWe.FLuGh-- Received on Tue 28 May 2002 06:55:15 PM PDT |
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