Re: Contaminated Crates?

[John Goldsmith <gjohn@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>]

Dwayne:
     I have two rports which may be of rlevance. "Environmental 
Assessment of RAdiological Consquencs for Forestry in contaminated areas 
of the REpublic of Belarus"  by Szekely, JG, Amiro BD Rasmussen amd Ford 
B, of AECL Research Pinawa Manitoba CanADA ROE 1l0 and (FORD), General 
Woods and Veneers Consul;tants International, Ltd., Longueuil, Quebec 
Canada J4G 2H9., which includes as an appendix with the same title, and 
"Draft Report" (in English) by Dr. Alexandre Greben'kov Ph. D., Head of 
Laboratory Institute of Power Engineering Problems  Academy of Sciences, 
Sosny Minsk, 220109 FAX direct 7(0172) 263743    Good Luck   
John Goldsmith, M.D., M.P.H. gjohn@BGUMAL.bgu.ac.il

On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 dwayne.gardner@po.state.ct.us wrote:

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> A  citizen who moved here from Ukraine 5 years ago has a concern. Seems she 
> has discovered the wooden crates she used to ship her personal belongings in 
> were made from trees harvested from the areas close to Chernobyl. I'm not 
> sure how she knows this but she seems pretty sure.
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> Her question is should she be concerned about continuing to use these 
> crates. I'd be interested to hear what everyone thinks about this. Also, if 
> anyone can recommend any studies/articles related to this specific topic 
> (not Chernobyl in general) I'd be grateful. Thanks
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> Dwayne Gardner
> CT DEP
> dwayne.gardner@po.state.ct.us
> Fax: 860-424-4065
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