Posted on 12/29/2001 12:15:02 AM PST by chance33_98
I believe they also had the habit of 'tipping off' the brushes between their lips.
My dad was in the business of finishing watch dials. I watched him build a small lead box for the vials of radium compound, which he stored in the company vault and provided with ventilation to the outside. He also had installed exhaust vents right near each dial painting station.
Sure, depending on the element.
If we no longer assume that the exposure is environmental, but occupational, then we ca pretty much discard radon as the culprit. Are there significantly more dye, and refining industries in Maine than in the rest of the country? Is there any reason that Maine workers would be exposed to VOC's than other workers? (My first hunch would be in this area, not radon, but one must keep an open mind, right?)
The article didn't mention if the increased rate was significant or not, did it? I suppose that this could also be a way of scrounging for grant money to support some researchers.
("Fully ONE HALF of our kids are below average and we need to find out why.")
I didn't think Radon was water-soluble. The partial pressure of Radon has got to near zero. In a closed building Radon emitted in the basement is temporally trapped and can be inhaled, where it can be lodged in the lungs and cause lung cancer, but not (I thought) bladder cancer.
More likely culprit is arsenic (pace). Clinton's chronically irresponsible behavior has cast a cloud over what may be a legitimate public health concern. The problem with Clinton is that even if he makes a decision for the right reasons, nobody, including his own supporters, will believe him.
Well, you're close. Leave out the water, inhaling the smoke will do it. Smoking IS a common cause of bladder cancer. My father lost his bladder that way.
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