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Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:49 AM

FarCenter (13,081 posts)

43. It is either psychosomatic or possibly ordinary chemical waste

Given the speed with which nausea occured.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident for the details of how 4 people died of Cesium-137 radiation in Brazil.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Vomiting road workers hospitalized after exposing mysterious nuclear waste [View all]	bananas	Apr 2012	OP
This is the problem with nuclear energy and its waste.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#1
Yep. You can't just bury it	LiberalEsto	Apr 2012	#2
Nonsease. Long term nuclear waste storage is perfectly safe.	cstanleytech	Apr 2012	#4
LOL!! You're funny but it makes a point!	Ecumenist	Apr 2012	#8
teehee	w0nderer	Apr 2012	#16
New or pre-owned?	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#21
Pre-owned but yes it has a fantastic vista of the bay.	cstanleytech	Apr 2012	#25
Check's in the mail.. n/t	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tesha	Apr 2012	#3
die	marshall gaines	Apr 2012	#5
Depends. Really depends.	Taverner	Apr 2012	#17
They lie so rich people can get richer. The most important thing in the world is for	valerief	Apr 2012	#18
''....why do governments lie to us so much?''	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#23
200,000 years of this. Oh, boy.	saras	Apr 2012	#6
Invisible hazards	KT2000	Apr 2012	#7
If they were vomiting after a brief exposure	drm604	Apr 2012	#9
Come on, this is Fox News.	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#11
Something like that does seem a lot more likely, yeah	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#14
Not necessarily.	enlightenment	Apr 2012	#32
Yeah, but for it to be immediate it needs to be a huge, dramatic dose	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#40
the article doesn't say how long	got root	Apr 2012	#42
I was going by the PM saying it happened when they got close to it	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#44
Faux News is suddenly warning of nuke waste dangers? I doubt it	wordpix	Apr 2012	#31
No freaking kidding. I hope it's psychosomatic, or some other less potentially fatal toxic exposure	enki23	Apr 2012	#12
Unbelievable!	Liber-AL	Apr 2012	#10
Pacific Highway site 'clear' of radioactive waste, Roads Minister Duncan Gay says	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#13
WHAT? "Sick with worry."	wordpix	Apr 2012	#33
It is either psychosomatic or possibly ordinary chemical waste	FarCenter	Apr 2012	#43
But nuclear waste is NATURAL	Taverner	Apr 2012	#15
This post was hidden by jury decision.	TheMadMonk	Apr 2012	#19
"You people" is unfortunate language..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#22
And THAT had/has absolutely nothing to do with civilian nuclear power.	TheMadMonk	Apr 2012	#24
I guess you missed the part about humans not being particularly rational?	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#26
funny	guyton	Apr 2012	#28
It's not going to hurt anything sitting on the Moon..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#36
You sure?	csziggy	Apr 2012	#39
why are you kowtowing to Mr. Pro-nuke-with=the-bad-language?	wordpix	Apr 2012	#30
The poster turned out to be right in this case for one thing..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#34
where do you get THAT info? Just b/c the gov't of Aust. says it?	wordpix	Apr 2012	#35
Radiation intense enough to cause nausea that quickly would have killed quickly too..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#37
To sicken someone with radiation that immediately, you'd need a huge dose	Posteritatis	Apr 2012	#41
This post was hidden by jury decision.	wordpix	Apr 2012	#29
You know so much about me do you?	TheMadMonk	Apr 2012	#38
Skylab! Wait, it's Fox News. Clinton's dick! n/t	Bossy Monkey	Apr 2012	#20

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