[meteorite-list] TRINITITE

From: jwb7772_at_netzero.net <jwb7772_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jul 8 22:55:23 2005
Message-ID: <20050708.195422.17465.17372_at_webmail10.lax.untd.com>

Here is a copy of an interesting artical from the Milwaukee Journel from about early 1980's.
     Headline reads-ATOMICROCKS NOT PERILOUS, AEC SAYS
Albuquerque, N.M.-AP- The Atomic Energy Commission indicated Wednesday that it's studies did not confirm earlier reports that rocks from the Southern New Mexico site of the first atomic bomb explosion might be dangerously radioactive.
     A spokesman said AEC tests indicated that the rocks, known as trinitite, contained only safe minimal level of radiation.
     Dr. Charles Hyder of the Southwest Research and Information Center warned Tuesday that anyone having trinitite stones should contact local health service offices for information on how to dispose of them.
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