Where's That Radioactive Sulfur Now? Possibly In Your Pants

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Where's That Radioactive Sulfur Now? Possibly In Your Pants

Jeff McMahon, Contributor
I cover green technology, energy, and the environment.

Tech|8/16/2011 @ 02:55PM

When the news broke yesterday that a previously unreported type of fallout from Fukushima—radioactive sulfur—had reached the United States in late March, nearly all mainstream media reports made the claim that it poses no threat to the health of Americans. But none of them explained where the radioactive sulfur went.

And if you’re a man, you may be interested to know that some miniscule portion of it could be in your testicles.
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Sulfur-35 is absorbed by the entire body but is of particular concern to men because it tends to concentrate in the testicles, according to a Nuclide Safety Data Sheet from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Beta radiation occurring there could damage neighboring cells.

The San Diego researchers published their findings Monday in the Publication of the National Academy of Sciences. Their report does not address the heath effects of radioactive sulfur, which they do not consider significant in this event, but it seeks to use the La Jolla data to derive the intensity of neutron radiation at Fukushima.

[DontTreadOnMe]

1. What? ... no tea bagging joke yet!

c'mon folks, this one is a fish in a barrel!

[Brickbat]

2. "In your PANTS" is ALWAYS a valid response to a "where" question.

Always. Because it cracks me up every time. In other news, I am 12.

[dtexdem]

3. Where is Anthony Weiner now that we really need him?

;-)