In July, the London Sunday Times, in a front page story, expressed concern that the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, to begin operations in a couple of months, could pose a threat to the Earth. The primary concern was based on the possibility that the Collider could produce "strangelets", lumps of three-flavor quark matter, which could absorb all normal matter it contacts and thus, like Kurt Vonnegut's Ice-Nine, grow to encompass the entire planet. In fact, theoretical calculations indicate that negatively charged strangelets, if stable, would do precisely that. The Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory charged a special Committee to look into this possible "ultimate ecological catastrophe"; the Committee reported its findings on October 14th. In this talk, I will review the basic properties of "strange matter", explain the potential concern, and discuss the committee report. Other concerns, such as black hole production and inducing the decay of our vacuum, will also be addressed. The talk will be accessible to junior and senior undergraduates.