Re: Nuclear Power is Clean

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From: Rex
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 00:00

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Ebola Zaire is a naturally occurring viral agent. That has to count for
something

Rex

Philip Ross <pross@inhb.co.nz> wrote in article
<877341053.9279@dejanews.com>...
> Kym Horsell has suggested that plutonium is far more toxic than common
> highly toxic substances 

<very large snip>
 
> My vote for most toxic substance known to man goes to the Ebola Zaire
> virus. As little as 5 viral particles; that's just 35 molecules, can
cause
> an explosive infection which has a case fatality rate in excess of ninety
> percent. Furthermore, it amplifies itself billions of times in the course
> of the infection and its origins and natural hosts are unknown.
> 
> Philip Ross
> Chairman
> NZ Atomic Energy Advocacy Council
> http://www.inhb.co.nz/proceedings/atomic
> 
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From: "Rex" <dmayo@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Nuclear Power is Clean
Date: 1997/11/02
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