Brian
PS I'm taking notes so I can use this in personal conversations ;) Levi Pearson wrote:
"Daniel C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:On 2/22/07, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Well, you're already radioactive. But being exposed to enough radiation can increase your own radiation. That's in addition to the other damage that radiation can cause. For most people, most of the time, it isn't an issue. If the old BYU reactor was properly run and cleaned up, it shouldn't be an issue. I've never heard of anyone refusing to play squash at the University of Chicago.So, my real question - does irradiating food to sterilize it make the food itself radioactive, or increase its radioactivity?I'm not sure that simply being exposed to radiation would indeed increase your own radioactivity. If radioactivity is caused by radioactive elements, being exposed to radiation would have to change some atoms in your body to radioactive forms. I don't think radiation generally does that. However, if your exposure was in the form of ingesting radioactive substances, your own radioactivity would certainly increase. --Levi/* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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