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		jamesaguilar on Feb 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Element 14 Holding Orders Based On US Government W... But then it gets into the water supply and is bombaring your cells from nanometers away . . .

lgeek on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

Except that americium dioxide is insoluble[0], so it wouldn't dissolve in the water supply. Even if consumed, it would pass straight through your digestive system and wouldn't accumulate in the body.

[0] http://media.cns-snc.ca/pdf_doc/ecc/smoke_am241.pdf

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