'Cats' eyes' safe: Thai atomic agency

Sat, 15 Nov 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Thai atomic energy officials said yesterday
that radioactive gems reportedly circulating in Asian markets
were not dangerous as their radiation levels were "natural".

"We do not think that stones with the reported level of
radiation that we have seen are dangerous to society," Manoon
Aramrattana, deputy secretary-general of the Office of Atomic
Energy for Peace, told AFP.

He said some "cats' eyes" stones tested in Bangkok were said
to have shown radiation levels of 52 nanoCuries, but insisted
such a level posed no peril.

"We are not concerned that this could pose a danger to people
as the levels of radioactivity are natural. Radioactivity can be
natural depending from where the stone is mined," he said.

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