Re: RADSAFE digest 3003

[Holloway3@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/8/00 10:50:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu writes:

<< Its probably safe to assume that there are higher percentages of smokers in
 urban industrialized areas than in rural areas.  It is also probably the
 case that indoor radon levels are lower in urban areas (even limiting
 ourselves to single family dwellings) - the lower wind speeds in urban areas
 should result in higher indoor static pressures than would be found in rural
 homes. >>

There may be many factors involved but I am not sure these are the ones. I 
would not think it safe to assume that there is a higher percentage of 
smokers in urban industrialized areas than in rural areas and that indoor 
radon levels are lower in urban areas. 

R. Holloway
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