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Article: Radon revisited. (update on contamination and control)
- Article from:
- Popular Science
- Article date:
- September 1, 1987
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Radon revisited
In December 1984, Stanley Watras, an engineer at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, set off an alarm that is still reverberating. Actually, he set off an alarm repeatedly as he passed through a radiation monitor on his way into the power plant ["Radon Exclusive,' Nov. '85].
The source of his contamination was traced to his own house, in Boyertown, Pa., where he lived with his wife and two small sons. The radiation came from radon, which in high doses is known to cause lung cancer.
Soon, elevated levels of the deadly gas were found in the homes of many of Watras's neighbors. The houses, it was learned, were located over veins ...
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