RE: Radon Information

["Kevin Donohoe, M.D." <kjd@nucmed.bidmc.harvard.edu>]

Joe -

This can be a hot topic, particularly on RADSAFE.  Please send me your
e-mail address, and I can suggest a couple of references that may not be out
of reach of your students.

Kevin Donohoe, M.D.
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
kjd@nucmed.bidmc.harvard.edu

>
> In light of the current thread of how to find information, I ask this
> question with some trepidation.
>
> I am teaching a chemistry for non-majors course, and while I am the RSO at
> my University (15 official days a year) I am not a HP. I have a simple
> questions for you.  What are the current thoughts on actual dangers of
> radon in the home?
>
>  I understand there is a plenitude of sources but when you teach
> 5 classes,
> conduct research and try to do the additional duties time is
> limited.  Help
> in this area would be greatly appreciated.  Most text books discuss the
> chemistry of radon and not the true potential danger to the gas and it's
> daughters.  Much of this class has a fear of radiation and radon and
> irradiation of food are very negative high risk subjects for them.
>
> Joe Provost
> Dept of Chemistry
> Moorhead State University
> Moorhead MN 56563
> 218-287-5085
>
>
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