My God, Dada, you have never heard of radioactive contamination?
I am not going to go into much of the subject here, bud I did find some
elevated levels of gamma r/a in tap water during my field work in rural
Nevada. Knowing that Nevada was a test site state, one shouldn't be too
suprised.
That was years ago, though. And I had no idea what the "safe" levels were. I
just ran out and bought bottled water.

Sasha.


"Dada" > wrote in message
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>
> And have you found something strange in some kind of cinese teas, or
> something similar? What kind of suspect products have you found?
> Don't know why, but I have never thought that was possible to drink or
> eat something containing dangerous rays before.
>
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>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:29:58 GMT, "Alex Chaihorsky"
> > wrote:
>
>>Certainly I own one. And I do check things out sometimes. Especially
>>produce
>>that we buy on farmer's markets, etc.
>>Using it requires some degree of technical knowledge, bit nothing that
>>cannot be learned in about 15 minutes.
>>For me, NOT testing what you eat is strange, but opinions differ.
>>
>>Sasha.
>>
>>
>>"Steve Hay" > wrote in message
>>news:QoKvd.4444$lZ6.1245@trnddc02...
>>> Derek wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:11:19 +0100, Dada wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Please, pardon my ignorance, but...do you own one of it? and how do
>>>>>you use it? I mean, it sound to me like a difficult thing to use.
>>>>>Don't know, it's a little strange to test what you eat and what you
>>>>>drink before using it...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Their complexity depends on the model.
>>>>
>>>> There's a Russian model on eBay right now that simply tells you if
>>>> you're ok or if you're in trouble. Some will actually measure the
>>>> amount of radiation.
>>>>
>>>> In its simplest form, you turn it on and point it at the object of
>>>> study. If it makes a click (or a beep) every once in a while, you're
>>>> safe. If it clicks A LOT and CONSTANTLY, you've got a problem.
>>>>
>>>> I used a Geiger counter as part of my laboratory checks when I was
>>>> assigned the task of "radiation safety monitor." And it was frequently
>>>> used to check the outside of packaging containing radioactive material
>>>> to see if anything had leaked in transit.
>>>>
>>>> Ah, those were the days. Toxic chemicals and radioactivity all around
>>>> me.
>>>
>>> In terms of alphas specifically, I'd say under the threshold of
>>> detection
>>> is the way to be. Alphas are nasty things to be eating.
>>
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