Re: Water from private wells poses risk of radiation

["ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>]

Sorry -- I meant physical state ("form" is a loose word).  Radon would still
be a gas in solution.

Ruth Weiner
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard L. Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>
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Date: Monday, January 15, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Water from private wells poses risk of radiation


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>ruth_weiner wrote:
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>> Radon is chemically an inert gas.  What other "form" can it exist in at
>> ambient temperature and pressure?
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> --It can be, and often is, dissolved in water
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