#facestab last cranked 2009-08-28 14:52

Gordon Brown to be released from Downing Street 'on compassionate grounds'
posted by rik at 2009-08-28 01:07

rik: "In a move that has stunned the political world, Gordon Brown is to be released from his prime ministerial duties as it becomes clear that his political life is nearing its natural end."
rik: ".He should be allowed to see out the rest of his days with his loved ones . it.s just not fair to watch him suffer,. said Home Secretary Alan Johnson, answering critics who insist that Brown should pay for the lives he has ruined."
rik: "However SNP leader Alex Salmond say that Gordon Brown should be imprisoned in his native Scotland. .As it happens we have a cell that.s just become vacant.."

Lungs fucked after nanoparticle exposure
posted by surrael at 2009-08-28 00:07

surrael: "nano particles were observed to lodge in the cytoplasm and caryoplasm"
surrael: "exposed to nano particles for 5?13 months, all with shortness of breath and pleural effusions"
nene: Amateurs, they didn't rule out lupus
surrael: "Polyacrylate"
surrael: two of the women died (ages 19 and 29)
surrael: part of the argument against socialised medical care: if poor people have no access to medicine, cases like this won't be reported, more happy holidays for rich capitalists, 4) ???, 5) profit
surrael: disclaimer: CONTAINS references to Nano Particles. Not sure yet if it will harm you or your kids.
surrael: "The research paper explicitly stated that employees who worked in other parts of the factory have not reported any adverse health conditions nor has anyone else become ill since the machine was shut down. The problem seems to have been confined to the room in which this machine was operating."
surrael: more info from the paper is given in this blog
surrael: "the gas ventilator had broken 5 months before the onset of symptoms, which, when coupled with the lack of windows and closed door, meant that there was little air circulation and therefore no mechanism to remove the vapor from the workspace..."
surrael: from a source I can't cite here, but citing the paper, "Their workplace was around 70 square metres with one door and no windows."
surrael: it goes without saying that there is as-yet no indication that long term (chronic) cumulative exposure is preferable to short term (critical) exposure for a given total dose ...... ymmv
surrael: similarly sized nano scale particles have been known to be generated by industrial processes, but their occurence in the general environment is extremely rare
surrael: 1 nanometre (1 nm) = 0.001 micrometre (0.001 um)
surrael: and they are already known to be 'riskier': those less than 10 micrometers in diameter - pose the greatest health concern because they can pass through the nose and throat and get deep into the lungs

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