Re: Uranium in well water

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-05-20 10:03:11 EDT, Bernard Cohen wrote:

>There may be a confusion here between uranium and radon in well water. 
>For radon, 10,000 pCi/L is quite common and 100,000 pCi/L is not 
>shocking. But for uranium levels are very much less.
>
>

I understand it is unusual, but we are definitely talking about uranium.
 Radium levels are on the order of 20-30 pCi/L, but the total uranium is in
the neighborhood of 3,000 pCi/L.

Barbara L. Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com