X-Message-Number: 21839 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 12:03:36 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Uranium hunter follows trail of [radioactive bathroom] tiles http://www.msnbc.com/news/917153.asp?vts=053120030305&cp1=1 Uranium hunter follows trail of tiles Sleuth stirs up review of risks associated with decades-old glazed items Radiation watchdog Walter Wagner holds his Geiger counter against riser tiles at a San Francisco apartment building. Click PLAY to hear Wagner explain how uranium got into tiles that were used in construction decades ago. By Alan Boyle MSNBC SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 Walter Wagner can see the radioactivity as he walks the streets of San Francisco: He stretches out his Geiger counter to a decorative tile on the facade of an apartment building and sure enough, gets a chorus of clicks. Those sounds are what motivate the self-appointed sleuth s campaign to root out radiation sources most people don t know exist: the vintage uranium-glazed tiles in their kitchens and bathrooms, stairways and schools.[cont.] James -- Cryonics Institute of Michigan Member! The Immortalist Society Member! The Society for Venturism Member! MY WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/~davidpascal/swayze/ Signature Memetic Virus--The worst enemy of those who now or will need medical care is the politician and proselytizing religious fanatic who proscribes what doctors are allowed to prescribe and research, with the consent of their patients. Those who understand this are strongly encouraged to modify this to fit their personality, and add this to their signature file, and organize to recover our freedom from Big Brother. For those who wait until they are sick, it will be too late. Those who suffer from diseases which might have been cured by fetal tissue research or schedule 1 drugs banned by Big Brother, have the right to hold accountable those who sat on their hands or worse, deferred their responsibility for personal and humanity's survival to useless gods and pontificating religious quacks, while they remained ill and dying. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21839