It they want to kill bacteria and virus they would use electron beams. The amount of radiation should be large but it is not x-ray or gamma-ray radiation. So, this kind of radiation should not cause damage to films as films are sensible to light (x-ray and gamma-ray are a kind of light with much higher frequencies).
Alex Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Has irradiation, of the type proposed to be used by the USPS, been shown > to cause problems with film? If so, what problems? Or is this another > "internet-sky-is-falling" worry based on assumption rather than fact or > even anecdotal evidence. What's being proposed is not X-rays, which can > sometimes cause problems, but something other. > > Eric Lawton wrote: > > > > I was reading the news regarding > > the USPS begining to irradiate our > > mail and I got to thinking about > > the problems that would cause when > > sending undeveloped film through the mail. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexandre A. P. Suaide, PhD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] STAR/EMC group Phone: (WSU) (313) 577-5419 Wayne State University (BNL) (631) 344-7635 ------------------------------------------------------------------- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
