Re: radon spas

["Milton E. McLain" <mem122a@lanl.gov>]

Dr. Cohen,

You might check out the hot springs at Hot Springs (National Park),
Arkansas.  These have been studied for radon content many times over the
years.  Now that I think about it, here is a federal agency (National Parks
Service) physically contributing to "promoting" radiation exposure of the
public!  Horrors!  Shades of tobacco farming subsidies.

The Arkansas Health Dept. should have data on radon concentrations in Hot
Springs, AR.  I have a copy of a MS thesis that reports measurements
conducted in the '70s, I believe.  If you want these data, let me know.


Milton McLain




At 11:49 AM 7/25/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>	Does anyone know how to contact radon spas -- places where people 
>go to get radon exposures for their health -- other than the ones in 
>Montana, Austria, and Japan? CNN is producing a TV program using these as 
>a lead in to the idea that low level radiation is not so dangerous and 
>may even be beneficial.
>
>Bernard L. Cohen
>Physics Dept.
>University of Pittsburgh
>Pittsburgh, PA 15260
>Tel: (412)624-9245
>Fax: (412)624-9163
>e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
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