Re: Sweden sends Russia radioactive sand for Davis Cup

["Björn Cedervall" <bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com>]

>A special mix of sand and clay for covering tennis courts that
>Russia imported from Sweden for a Davis Cup match was
>radioactive and had to be returned.
According to a 25 year old estimate that I have - 75% of the economically 
available and known uranium in Europe is located in Sweden (Comment: Former 
Soviet Union can not have been included in this calculation). We had 
examples of people moving from Chernobyl fallout areas into much higher 
longterm "background" (uranium) areas. It will be interesting to see if this 
piece of news sells in Sweden (playing or watching tennis "live" could 
become cheaper...). I doubt it however because many media people seem not to 
want the public to know about natural radioactivity.

bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com
Depts. Medical Radiation Biology & Medical Radiation Physics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 260, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Fax: Int + 468 343525 (Med. Radiation Physics)
Website: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Exchange/8256/
Any opinions expressed above are those of mine and may not necessarily 
coincide with those of others.




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