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And the alpha radiation emitted is barely able to penetrate a sheet of paper, let alone the detector housing and ten feet of air to your body.
by capnrefsmmat 13y ago
And the alpha radiation emitted is barely able to penetrate a sheet of paper, let alone the detector housing and ten feet of air to your body.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoBut then it gets into the water supply and is bombaring your cells from nanometers away . . .
- lgeek 13y agoExcept that americium dioxide is insoluble[0], so it wouldn't dissolve in the water supply. Even if consumed, it would pass straight through your digestive system and wouldn't accumulate in the body. [0] http://media.cns-snc.ca/pdf_doc/ecc/smoke_am241.pdf http://media.cns-snc.ca/pdf_doc/ecc/smoke_am241.pdf