AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: Indoor Radon

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 02:40 PM 5/19/2005, Franz Schönhofer wrote:
>I remember that some time ago the concept of "synergism" was very popular.
>It meant that risks from dust etc. and from radon daughters would multiply.
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Synergism between radon decay products and cigarette smoking has been amply 
demonstrated, but only for active smokers and with radon daughter doses 
that exceed 10 Sv to the bronchial epithelium. There is no known synergism 
for smaller radiation doses.

Otto

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