Actually, this "info" may play a positive role in the lives if our readers.
I always maintained that it is good to buy a Geiger counter for your home
while nobody needs them, rather than hope that the government take care of
you after the FACT.
Today a decent ex-civil defense Geiger counter can be bought on e-bay for
$30-50 (and pay attention - you have to do some reading before you buy) and
it's well worth it.

Sasha.

"Dada" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:25:36 GMT, "Aloke Prasad"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dog Ma 1" (reply w/o spam)> wrote in message
...
>>>> Scientists say that some teas have almost lethal doses of
>>>> Americiumfluoride in them, so better drink coffee
>>>
>>> All you wiseacres on this NG should be more respectful of a
>>> well-intentioned
>>> and possibly important post like this. The main domestic use of
>>> Americium
>>> (isotope 241) is as an ionization source on thin sheets of foil in smoke
>>> detectors. Some of these are made in China. If the same factory makes
>>> smoke
>>> detectors and Pu-erh, it is not inconceivable that the "leaves" could
>>> get
>>> mixed. Fluoride, of course, enters when workers with good oral-care
>>> habits
>>> but otherwise lacking in a sense of hygiene spit into the steamers. I
>>> think
>>> the guy's onto something, and we should be more attentive to such
>>> important
>>> alerts.
>>
>>Thank goodness I drink Darjeeling tea. No industrial production of smoke
>>detectors or good oral hygiene there ..
>>
>>:-)
>
> Ask Bruno Beam before
> The only thing I have found on the internet is this nonsensical page
> from google's cache
> http://www.google.it/search?q=cache:...it&lr=&strip=1
> I haven't understood a word that is written inside of it. Millions of
> pop-us start (of which sites i don't know).
> It looks like the usual terror information that keep going around the
> net: cancerogenic components in shampoos, in toothpastes, etc.
> When I will see a decent link about it I will begin to consider this
> problem. In Cina they have been able to hide SARS, then it should be
> something more dangerous than americium in tea the we don't know.
> It sound to me like a coffee maniac revenge ehehe
>
>
> ....oh, I don't like coffee too