Six radioactive «sources» were last year «lost» in Norwegian North Sea oil fields. Three oil wells had to be sealed to isolate the substances. At the bottom of the sealed off wells was found Cesium and Americium with a half life of 30 and 432 years. The Norwegian national radiation protection agency is now warning the oil companies about their use of radioactive materials. WEEK 4 2000 January 10th to 16th
MORE RADIATION «MISPLACED»
The oil companies are defending themselves with the fact that this technique is in use in practically every oil field worldwide.
HUMANS WILL BE CLONED (II)
American scientists have successfully cloned the first Primate, the magazine Science is reporting. The Primate, a Rhesus Monkey, was cloned at a research center in the state of Oregon, USA.
The female monkey, given the name of Tetra, wasn’t cloned using the same technique as with the sheep Dolly. Tetra was made by splitting an embryo in four and using one of the parts, a technique commonly used on cows.
Both Apes and Humanity are classified as Primates, very closely related species, and there are no significant genetic differences between them. There is a widespread understanding and opinion in the world’s scientific community that «at this stage we may clone a human being anytime».
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