[ RadSafe ] Re: Dose to Mae Keane may be kilorads!

[John Jacobus]

Unfortunately, there is no information on the dosage
to Mae Keane.    

--- parthasarathy k s <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Prof R D Evans published a review of the doses to
> those who had significant intakes of radium as dial
> painters (I can locate the paper; it was in the
> Health Physics journal). The doses were of the order
> of hundreds of rads that too contributed  by alpha
> particles from the decay products of radium;a few
> must have received kilorads! The poineering work
> done in USA by two groups in Argonne and
> Massachusettes laid the foundation stone for
> internal dosimetry of bone seeking radionuclides
> such as Strontium-90, plutonium-239 etc.
>  
> The work is often projected to indicate evidence
> against LNT concept.
>  
> Can any one in the list provide more about the human
> side of the tragic experience of those who suffered
> radium poisoning. It appears that the first victim
> sued the employer, got compensation; most of it went
> to the lawyers.(It was probably the first case of
> this kind).
>  
> I am keen to get details about how many victims were
> part of the internal contamination study which went
> on  for decades. Can any one provide appropriate
> references?
>  
> Regards
> K.S.Parthasarathy Ph.D
> Raja Ramanna Fellow
> Strategic Planning Group
> Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences
> Department of Atomic Energy
> GN 18, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan
> Mumbai 400094, INDIA
>  
> 91+22 25555327 (O)
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>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
>  
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com>
> To: Susan Gawarecki <loc at icx.net>; RADSAFE
> <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 June, 2006 6:30:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Last surviving Radium Girl
> celebrates 100th birthday
> 
> 
> Interesting.  I see no information on dosage, which
> makes this just an interesting story.  
> 
> --- Susan Gawarecki <loc at icx.net> wrote:
> 
> > Last surviving Radium Girl celebrates 100th
> birthday
> >
>
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/06/01/last_surviving_radium_girl_celebrates_100th_birthday/
> > By Robyn Adams, Republican-American  |  June 1,
> 2006
> > 
> > WATERBURY, Conn. --Mae Keane, the last surviving
> > Radium Girl, was all 
> > aglow as she celebrated her 100th birthday
> recently.
> > 
> >
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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