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Byline: PETER BENESH
On Dec. 21, the Bush administration put the country on orange alert. Intelligence indicated another terrorist attack on the U.S. could be imminent.
The government may have picked up signals of a chemical, biological or nuclear menace. It mobilized military and civilian detection teams.
Experts say a nuclear weapon would be worst, with the panic-raising combination of blast, fire and radiation.
One San Diego company claims it has the antidote to radiation's main threat to life.
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its product, Neumune, may prevent white blood cells from dying when hit by radiation.
The body relies on white blood cells to fight infection. And infection, leading to death, is the common result of radiation exposure.