Muller wears a wristwatch with tritium in the watch hands because
A. he is not worried about radioactivity
B. tritium is not radioactive
C. the levels of radiation that emerge are safe
D. no radiation emerges from the watch hands
Answer: D. no radiation emerges from the watch hands
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