Re: A dose of reality, continued

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 00:00 03.04.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>We should all be able to give an example of this right away.  If my
>recollection is correct, the U.S. EPA used data generated primarily by
>studies of Czech uranium miners to determine acceptable levels of radon in
>American homes.  

If my memory serves me well (and I am quite sure it does) then there were
comprehensive studies on miners in the USA as well. Nevertheless I do not
think that the conditions of miners would differ so much between the two
countries. Mining is a dusty job, smoking is abundant everywhere. I agree
that the limits are not easy to derive, but I suppose that persons like
Bernard Cohen can give appropriate information.

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