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Subject: [AMPS] PCBs
From: amps@txrx.demon.co.uk (Steve Thompson)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:58:01 +0000
>Interesting report on Reuters, displayed on the Yahoo news pages
>yesterday. 

>A 31 year study of GE employees exposed to PCBs showed no excess
>cancers - in fact, fewer than expected died of cancer.

>Maybe PCB containing components don't have to be treated as if they
>plutonium dust - just with reasonable care!

>73

>Peter G3RZP

As I understand it, plutonium dust is only a problem if you breathe it
in - mostly it gives off alpha particles and most of us are thick
skinned enough to withstand them :-)  -  you have to dodge the odd
neutron.

Steve

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