[Cindy]

I agree Oorang and thanks for that link — a must read, in my opinion.

[Cindy]

Thanks to fanfan for the ping to this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935821/posts

“Isotope shortage almost ‘catastrophic,’ MD says”
The Toronto Star ^ | Dec 06, 2007 | THE CANADIAN PRESS
Posted on 12/06/2007 2:51:28 PM PST by fanfan

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Suppliers around the world are scrambling today to help out a Canadian company that produces much of the world’s medical isotopes as a global shortage forced thousands more patients across North America to indefinitely delay tests for cancer and other diseases.

Despite some glimmers of hope, harried doctors warned that a shortage of nuclear material – the result of a prolonged shutdown of a federally owned reactor in Chalk River, about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa – was getting worse with each passing day, and Canada was developing an ugly black eye as a result.”