1 DR. TEAL: Jerry said he had never seen an effect of barium. 



2 DR. BOTHNER: From the experience in medicine, one would certainly 



3 expect there not to be one. 



4 DR. TEAL: That is why I am crazy as I am. 



5 DR. BOTHNER: A barium cocktail, which I hope you have never had, 



6 is 500,000 parts per million barium. 



7 DR. AURAND: It makes you move quickly for the next few hours. 



8 So, barium accumulation is not biologically significant. 



9 DR. HECKER: I do not think I am comfortable with that statement. 



10 DR. AURAND: That is what I am waiting to hear. 



11 MR. LANE: Let's say "biological impact." 



12 DR. AURAND: Somebody tell me what to write next. Barium 



13 accumulation is--I think it is reasonable to assume that something 



14 should be said about Barium. 



15 DR. BOTHNER: Barium accumulation is expected, but no adverse 



16 toxic effects are anticipated? 



17 DR. GRASSLE: Because of its low toxicity, barium is unlikely to 



18 have a major impact. 



19 DR. TEAL: Yes. It seems to me we could quote Jerry and say he's 



20 never seen any toxic effects of barium. 



21 DR. RAY: I think that recent work that I was talking about 



22 yesterday, which also tends to support the theory that the material that 



23 is taken up as insoluble barium sulfates. 



24 DR. GRASSLE: One of the reasons for the hedge is that deep-sea 



25 organisms haven't been looked at. 



26 DR. AURAND: It is unl ikely--what did you say? 



27 DR. GRASSLE: That it will have a measurable impact. 



28 DR. RAY: One of the interesting things is that the higher levels 



29 of barium sulfate are in the deep ocean. The deeper you go, the higher 



30 the levels. 



31 DR. HECKER: We have got to get the qualifiers in there. I am 



32 unhappy with these concise statements from the standpoint of the truth. 



33 DR. TEAL: I think the statement is "unlikely." 



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