Re: Po-210 in tobacco

["Jim Nelson" <nelsonjima@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Kjell,



I am in agreement with you.  Even the lay web sites refer to this.  See:



http://www.ukcia.org/lib/cancer2.htm

http://www.webspawner.com/users/radioactivethreat/index.html

http://www.life.ca/nl/55/radon.html

http://www.webspawner.com/users/radioactivetobacco/

http://ccnr.org/lung_cancer_3.html



Jim Nelson





>From: "Kjell A. Johansen" <kajohans@powercom.net>

>Reply-To: "Kjell A. Johansen" <kajohans@powercom.net>

>To: radsafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>Subject: Po-210 in tobacco

>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 18:47:03 -0500

>

>Franz,

>I have to disagree.  The Po-210 in tobacco does come from the air. The

>mechanism is as follows:

>Radon diffuses from the ground.  As the radon decays it becomes

>charged.  The charged atom is attached to small airborne particles

>called Aiken particles.  The particle assumes the charge of the charged

>atom.  Now, the underside of the tobacco leaf has many fine, hair like

>appendages which results in a large surface area for charged particle

>attachment.  The charged Aiken particles become attached to this "fuzz."

>

>Sorry, but I do not remember the reference from which I got the

>mechanism.

>

>Kjell Johansen, Ph.D.

>408 E. Lexington Blvd.

>Whitefish Bay, WI USA

>kajohans@powercom.net

>

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