RE: EMR and radiation (was re: [CH] computer jalapenos )

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Which of these types of radiation will ripen my habaneros fastest?
Which will increase the potency?

-E-

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> > There's a difference between EMR and particle radiation.  When we
> say
> > something is "radioactive", we mean it emits particle radiation.
> 
> Wrong!  Gamma radiation is EMR, and things emitting gamma radiation
> are
> definitely considered "radioactive".  Your statement is true only for
> alpha
> and beta radiation, by far the least penetrating of the kinds of
> radiation.
> 
>  ---   Brent

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