Re: Radioactivity in municipal sewage

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

August 1, 2000
Davis, CA

Waste water treatment plants at major cities will find I-131 coming through
because medical treatments involve excretion. Although the half-life is
short, it seems to me this may be a problem that needs to be addressed.

Otto
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