I can certainly see how a smoke detector manufacturer and tea packer
could easily be one in the same. The technological overlap is obvious.
It's well known that in China, just like in other parts of the world,
tea producing regions are also famous for their smoke detectors.

A sense of logic like this could easily secure a position as chief
legal counsel for a major tobacco company.

I know you were just joking, though, in an incredibly subtle way.

Rufus T. Firefly
President
Tea & Smoke Detector Mfg., Ltd.

Dog Ma 1 (reply w/o spam) wrote:
> > 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.
>
> -DM
>
> From an Oxford University loo, ca. 1979:
> "Be alert."
> "Be aloof. We already have enough lerts."