Re: Revigorator -Reply

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Paul --

Per usual, you provided a better answer than I.  (That'll teach me to 
speak before reading all the e-mail!).  I forgot about Ed's excellent 
article.  Warmest regards; hope to see you in Charleston.  Susan will be 
with me.

Ron

On Fri, 20 Jan 1995 FRAMEP@orau.gov wrote:

> Puleeeese, the thing is a REVIGATOR, not a revigorator.
> 
> Jim reminded me of the Scientific American article by Macklis on Eben
> Byers "The Great Radium Scandal"  Aug 1993. Nice report! This was a
> brief version of two papers Macklis put out in JAMA Aug 1, 1990 Vol
> 264 #5 on the same subject. One of the papers does the Radithor
> dosimetry in detail.
> 
> For estimates of the amount of radon and radium  the Revigator (and
> similar devices) would add to water check Ed Landa's paper in Health
> Physics Vol 54 #1 1988. 
> 
> Regards 
> 
> Paul Frame
>