Re: High Background

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

>Could someone refer me to a source of information about regions
>(world wide) that have unusually high concentrations of naturally
>occuring radioactive isotopes in the soil, etc. ?

Check out Kerala (India) and Ramsar (Iran). There are some monazite areas in 
Brazil also - I don't know where exactly. Search in the Radsafers archives. 
Some of the uranium mining areas may also be relevant.

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/bjorn_cedervall/



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