radiation can be your friend

[Richard O'Neill]

On 9/5/2018 12:58 PM, Richard Demaret wrote:
> should we worry about radon gas etc.?

   Definitely not to worry but do be concerned enough to determine if 
Radon is present in one's particular environment. Fortunately, testing 
kits are available. As a consequence of educating myself about such 
things I no longer spend time exploring caves (or in dank basements) and 
my home is well ventilated. However, I did grow up in the fifties 
drinking milk so I've no doubt that my young bones received their share 
of radioactive byproducts from above ground nuclear tests plus lead in 
the drinking water since my youth was spent living in the lead belt.

  Later, while living much too close for comfort to three mile island 
when it blew, my young family subsisted on powdered milk that had been 
processed prior to the event until the potential danger had 
significantly subsided several months later. In home radiation counters 
helped to ease my concern. For awhile I was quite ready to pack up and 
quickly return to the land of my youth.

  Environmental hazards (natural and man made) are everywhere and most 
folks haven't a clue. In one way or another we're all unwitting 
participants in a long running experiment, the costs of which have yet 
to be fully tallied. Welcome to the brave new world.

Richard