RE: W. on the Environment

[Charlie Bell]

> At 11:29 PM 5/19/01 -0500, Dan M. wrote:
>
> >You will also note the catagory "internal."  That's the body's natural
> >radioactivity.  The radioactivity human bodies have had since
> humans first
> >existed.  Its from potassium, BTW.  That's why you would die if
> you didn't
> >intake radioactive material.
>
>
> And of course let's not forget that potassium is one of the three
> chemicals
> used in the lethal injection mix.

That's like saying you put sodium on your food. Metal salt compounds are
totally different from elemental metal.

Anyone have to hand exacly how radioactive potassium is, and which isotopes?

Charlie