Mysterious Peruvian Meteor Disease Solved

Technician writes "The meteor that crashed in Peru caused a mystery illnesses. The cause of the illness has been found. The meteor was not toxic. The ground water it contacted contains arsenic. The resulting steam cloud is what caused the mystery illness. "The meteorite created the gases when the object's hot surface met an underground water supply tainted with arsenic, the scientists said." There is a very good photo of the impact crater in the article. The rim of the crater is lined with people for a size comparison."

Comments

Re:DON'T TRUST THEM THEY'VE BEEN INFECTED

[Dr. Crash]

The arsenic-in-ground-water-converted-to-steam idea is a good one - EXCEPT
that meteorites, when striking, are not hot. They are very, very cold; (
a freshly-fallen meteorite is usually covered with frost); the
glow of reentry is compression heating of the air in front of the meteorite,
not the meteorite itself.

So, in the absence of other evidence, I have to call "bull****" on a "steam
cloud loaded with arsenic" explanation.

          - Dr. Crash