Rob, Geoff and List,
I'm sure ALL of us who have done any public speaking about meteorites have
experienced the --- " Is it safe to touch (or be near) them? Aren't they
radioactive? "--- concern that the general public seems to have. That question
invariably comes up almost EVERY time with a new group of people. I know this
didn't happen ( I mean, how many high school science classes spent even one
minutes talking about meteorites when most of us were growing up??) , but it
ALMOST seems that this fear was taught to everyone, it is so pervasive.
Funny/sad.
Best,
Robert Woolard
> Rob McCafferty posted:
>
> > I got hauled over the coals because I didn't do a risk
> assessment on the likelyhood of contamination by microbial
> life from another world.
> > Some jackass in the H&S department thought he knew
> more about science than me.
>
>
> Dear Rob:
>
> I once did a high school science fair demo about meteorites
> and meteorite hunting, and the lady organizing it was all
> worried about radiation.
Salut,
Geoff N
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