[TheForge] illness from meteor in Peru - Vanadium?

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

Dan Fronefield is the meteor man:
 


Mark Pesetsky
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 9:21 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] illness from meteor in Peru - Vanadium?

I read the symptoms and thought of vanadium poisoning.

Anyone know how much vanadium there might be in a meteorite?

Does this idea make sense?

Bruce
NJ

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Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village Mon Sep
17, 11:23 PM ET

LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious
illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area,
regional authorities said Monday. 

Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a
fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their
remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the
Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange
odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio
RPP.

Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had
to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.

Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the
meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep
(six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.

"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock
and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.



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