Oops, I left a sentence fragment.

(The radioactive zone is thought to be 1000 miles from the epicenter of the 
conflict). I freely admit the connection is tenuous at best.

Jonathan

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Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: this may be very scary


> Eric,
>
>       I haven't seen any studies of how much has been disbursed worldwide. 
> What I've read is that the Iraqi dust storms extend into the lower 
> stratosphere, a reference to radiation alarms going off in the UK for 
> several days during the initial invasion, and another about radioactive 
> dust storm residue from Iraq in southern Europe. (The radioactive zone is 
> thought to be 1000 I freely admit the connection is tenuous at best.
>
>       As for DU ingested by bees: my calculation (a few months ago) is 
> that a microgram DU dust particle would emit about 1000 alpha emissions 
> per day (that calculation is confirmed on the idust website). While the 
> effect of this to the individual bees is a concern, the more likely 
> scenario is that the DU will be excreted with the honey and concentrate in 
> the hive. I have not yet seen a scientific analysis of an abandoned hive, 
> and probably no one is looking for radioactivity.
>
> Jonathan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Entemann" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re: this may be very scary
>
>
>> Do any of those many papers discuss DU particulate levels far from the 
>> point of production?  I would imagine DU is easily identifiable by the 
>> large U238/U235 isotopic ratio, once the difficult work of sample 
>> collection is done.
>>
>> It's hard for me (admittedly fairly ignorant about biology) to imagine 
>> that tiny amounts of DU would have any discernible effect on bees during 
>> their short lifetimes.  Alpha particles targetting navigational neurons?
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: Jonathan Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Subject: Re: this may be very scary
>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:11:04 -0400
>>
>> For DU research references, please see:
>>
>> http://www.idust.net/
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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