RE: Radon in spas versus homes -Reply

[David.S.Villicana@ucm.com]

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	Sent:	Thursday, October 15, 1998 3:38 PM
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	Subject:	Re: Radon in spas versus homes -Reply

	In a message dated 10/15/98 11:22:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
	MFORD@pantex.com writes:

	<< if ill people are receiving radon
	 therapy (high concentration over short periods)-- either in radon
	 spas or radon hospitals in Europe and Russia or in old U mines in
	 the US -- and the end result is that they find relief from their
ailments
	 (documented case histories in many instances), how can we
	 maintain that radon is a carcinogen at levels as low as 4 pCi/L ?
>>


	Are you saying the relief they find is from radon exposure?  If so,
what
	ailments are being relieved by radon exposure?  From personal
experience, I
	know I feel better when I sit in a hot tub (waterborne radon
concentrations
	less than 2 pCi/L) for a 20 minutes.  Could it be that the warm
water is
	improving their symptoms?

	I know that total lymphoid irradiation is used to knock out the
immune system
	for some people with autoimmune disease.  Do you think the immune
system is
	suppressed via the radon exposure in the spa patrons? 

	 Bill Field
	bill-field@uiowa.edu 
	
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