Re: [PEN-L] make my day

[Eugene Coyle]

I heard a snippet of an interview with Leuren Moret.  I have no idea of how to evaluate the radiation science assertions she made.  But when she ventured into another subject I was not impressed -- felt she was pontificating confidently about things she didn't know much about.  Offputting. Gene Carrol Cox wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: I thought that the alpha particles emitted were too large to enter the skin; that only after the DU was ignited and the DU inhaled does it become dangerous. There is a good deal of debate, and seemingly little solid information, in reference to the radiation danger, if any, from DU. But DU is a heavy metal, and the absorption of heavy metals can be as great a disaster for both the person and his/her descendants as radiation. Heavy metals are _very_ toxic. So in agitation and propaganda it is probably best to stick to the dangers of heavy metal rather than get involved in the complex debates over whether DU is dangerously radioactive or not. Carrol