"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:u_idnS-Jqp7fmPnZnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@comcast.com...
---snippy---
> You want radon, go to Grand Junction Colorado where the difference
> between the entire housing development built on uranium mine tailings
> and the natural radioactivity of the ground under most of the city is
> quite tiny unless you have an axe to grind and presume your audience is
> ignorant.

---snippy---
In Grand Junction, in fact anywhere in Colorado it would be quite natural to
presume so. ;^)

Earle

 

Sources that mention radon as a by-product of burning coal. This is only
from the first page of MSN search.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/radon.htm
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts145.html
http://www.azgs.state.az.us/radon_info.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-cha...ents/Rn-en.htm
http://geology.about.com/od/geophysics/a/aboutradon.htm

The last one maintains that "Radon is relatively high in uranium-rich rocks
such as ancient granites, high-organic shales and coal beds. (Coal burning
is a major source of uranium pollution.)"

Official U. S. Environmental Protection Agency radon site.

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/index.html

"(January 13, 2005) The Surgeon General of the United States has issued a
Health Advisory warning Americans about the health risk from exposure to
radon in indoor air."

No, burning coal doesn't transmute elements, but it can release radon into
the air. If you cook and heat your home with coal, like many of my
neighbors, then this can be a problem.

Earle
--- http://malaems.tripod.com ---

"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:gaidnSXyn4OtnvnZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> Yeah, except that burning coal doesn't transmute elements.
>
> Earle Horton proclaimed:
>
> > I think he is talking about radon. Radon is known to come out of the
ground
> > here. It makes sense that it would be in the coal too. It can be a
problem
> > if you decide to convert your basement into finished living quarters.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "jeff" <jalowe44INVALID@hotmail.com.INVALID> wrote in message
> > news:8kG8g.7971$0d3.7624@trnddc08...
> >
> >>Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
> >>Radiation...
> >>
> >>http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
> >>Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
> >>emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
> >>
> >>--
> >>jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> >>
> >>> And coal releases argon radiation, far more dangerous than
anything
> >>>the nuclear plant could leak:
> >>>http://home.earthlink.net/~bhoglund/...ion_Facts.html
> >>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> >>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >>>
> >>>Earle Horton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Sure, but everyone has their own little soap box to stand on, don't
> >
> > they?
> >
> >>>>;^)
> >>>>
> >>>>Damn right I'm being sarcastic. Electricity in Colorado is made from
> >
> > coal.
> >
> >>>>You want to drive by one of the power plants, when it is running wide
> >
> > open
> >
> >>>>throttle to generate clean power for the sunny and unpolluted Rocky
> >
> > Mountain
> >
> >>>>states. We had those commercials in New England too, set to music.
> >>>>
> >>>>Earle
> >
> >
> >

 

Sources that mention radon as a by-product of burning coal. This is only
from the first page of MSN search.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/radon.htm
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts145.html
http://www.azgs.state.az.us/radon_info.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-cha...ents/Rn-en.htm
http://geology.about.com/od/geophysics/a/aboutradon.htm

The last one maintains that "Radon is relatively high in uranium-rich rocks
such as ancient granites, high-organic shales and coal beds. (Coal burning
is a major source of uranium pollution.)"

Official U. S. Environmental Protection Agency radon site.

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/index.html

"(January 13, 2005) The Surgeon General of the United States has issued a
Health Advisory warning Americans about the health risk from exposure to
radon in indoor air."

No, burning coal doesn't transmute elements, but it can release radon into
the air. If you cook and heat your home with coal, like many of my
neighbors, then this can be a problem.

Earle
--- http://malaems.tripod.com ---

"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:gaidnSXyn4OtnvnZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> Yeah, except that burning coal doesn't transmute elements.
>
> Earle Horton proclaimed:
>
> > I think he is talking about radon. Radon is known to come out of the
ground
> > here. It makes sense that it would be in the coal too. It can be a
problem
> > if you decide to convert your basement into finished living quarters.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "jeff" <jalowe44INVALID@hotmail.com.INVALID> wrote in message
> > news:8kG8g.7971$0d3.7624@trnddc08...
> >
> >>Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
> >>Radiation...
> >>
> >>http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
> >>Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
> >>emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
> >>
> >>--
> >>jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> >>
> >>> And coal releases argon radiation, far more dangerous than
anything
> >>>the nuclear plant could leak:
> >>>http://home.earthlink.net/~bhoglund/...ion_Facts.html
> >>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> >>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >>>
> >>>Earle Horton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Sure, but everyone has their own little soap box to stand on, don't
> >
> > they?
> >
> >>>>;^)
> >>>>
> >>>>Damn right I'm being sarcastic. Electricity in Colorado is made from
> >
> > coal.
> >
> >>>>You want to drive by one of the power plants, when it is running wide
> >
> > open
> >
> >>>>throttle to generate clean power for the sunny and unpolluted Rocky
> >
> > Mountain
> >
> >>>>states. We had those commercials in New England too, set to music.
> >>>>
> >>>>Earle
> >
> >
> >

 

Sources that mention radon as a by-product of burning coal. This is only
from the first page of MSN search.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/radon.htm
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts145.html
http://www.azgs.state.az.us/radon_info.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-cha...ents/Rn-en.htm
http://geology.about.com/od/geophysics/a/aboutradon.htm

The last one maintains that "Radon is relatively high in uranium-rich rocks
such as ancient granites, high-organic shales and coal beds. (Coal burning
is a major source of uranium pollution.)"

Official U. S. Environmental Protection Agency radon site.

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/index.html

"(January 13, 2005) The Surgeon General of the United States has issued a
Health Advisory warning Americans about the health risk from exposure to
radon in indoor air."

No, burning coal doesn't transmute elements, but it can release radon into
the air. If you cook and heat your home with coal, like many of my
neighbors, then this can be a problem.

Earle
--- http://malaems.tripod.com ---

"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:gaidnSXyn4OtnvnZRVn-tQ@comcast.com...
> Yeah, except that burning coal doesn't transmute elements.
>
> Earle Horton proclaimed:
>
> > I think he is talking about radon. Radon is known to come out of the
ground
> > here. It makes sense that it would be in the coal too. It can be a
problem
> > if you decide to convert your basement into finished living quarters.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "jeff" <jalowe44INVALID@hotmail.com.INVALID> wrote in message
> > news:8kG8g.7971$0d3.7624@trnddc08...
> >
> >>Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
> >>Radiation...
> >>
> >>http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
> >>Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
> >>emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
> >>
> >>--
> >>jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> >>
> >>> And coal releases argon radiation, far more dangerous than
anything
> >>>the nuclear plant could leak:
> >>>http://home.earthlink.net/~bhoglund/...ion_Facts.html
> >>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> >>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >>>
> >>>Earle Horton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Sure, but everyone has their own little soap box to stand on, don't
> >
> > they?
> >
> >>>>;^)
> >>>>
> >>>>Damn right I'm being sarcastic. Electricity in Colorado is made from
> >
> > coal.
> >
> >>>>You want to drive by one of the power plants, when it is running wide
> >
> > open
> >
> >>>>throttle to generate clean power for the sunny and unpolluted Rocky
> >
> > Mountain
> >
> >>>>states. We had those commercials in New England too, set to music.
> >>>>
> >>>>Earle
> >
> >
> >

 

I thought that was Techron?

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4463B716.84F9DDA8@***.net...
> You should have been able to guess I meant radon:
> http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/radon.html Rather than Argon the
> trade name for the additive I sold in Chevron.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
> jeff wrote:
>>
>> Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
>> Radiation...
>>
>> http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
>> Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
>> emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
>>
>> --
>> jeff

 

I thought that was Techron?

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4463B716.84F9DDA8@***.net...
> You should have been able to guess I meant radon:
> http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/radon.html Rather than Argon the
> trade name for the additive I sold in Chevron.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
> jeff wrote:
>>
>> Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
>> Radiation...
>>
>> http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
>> Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
>> emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
>>
>> --
>> jeff

 

I thought that was Techron?

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4463B716.84F9DDA8@***.net...
> You should have been able to guess I meant radon:
> http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/radon.html Rather than Argon the
> trade name for the additive I sold in Chevron.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
> jeff wrote:
>>
>> Tell the truth Bill, You make this ---- up don't you. LMAO: Argon
>> Radiation...
>>
>> http://environmentalchemistry.com/yo....html#Nuclides
>> Only a few relatively short lived synthetic nuclides, and mostly beta
>> emitters at that. No gamma emitters.
>>
>> --
>> jeff

 

Except that radiation gases are leaking into ever ones basement, or
crawl space, and unless you blow it out, guess where else it goes?
Straight into your lungs where your half life has begun.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lon wrote:
>
> You might want to read some of those links you post so quickly with no
> comprehension.
>
> "Radon has a half-life of only 3.8 days; consequently, most of the gas
> decays harmlessly in the ground or atmosphere."
>
> So if it WERE to magically appear in coal beds and somehow be absorbed
> into the coal [neither of which is the case, but you'd need to be able
> to read some of the rest of that page to see why not.] a coal burning
> plant would be releasing this non-existent radon into the air where it
> would dissipate. Except of course that storing the coal for a few days
> would also get rid of this magical non-existent radon since there is
> very little thorium, uranium, etc. in commercial coal.
>
> You want radon, go to Grand Junction Colorado where the difference
> between the entire housing development built on uranium mine tailings
> and the natural radioactivity of the ground under most of the city is
> quite tiny unless you have an axe to grind and presume your audience is
> ignorant.
>
> If you want high enough concentrations of radon that the decay results
> in enough helium to raise your voice, next time you are in Moab, see if
> any locals can tell you how to find the old Fowler mine up behind the
> slick rock behind the old city dump.
>
> Coal fired plants have radioactive emissions, but radon ain't one of
> them. Particularly compared to the more dangerous radioactives that
> your body will absorb and imbed quite readily.

 

Except that radiation gases are leaking into ever ones basement, or
crawl space, and unless you blow it out, guess where else it goes?
Straight into your lungs where your half life has begun.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lon wrote:
>
> You might want to read some of those links you post so quickly with no
> comprehension.
>
> "Radon has a half-life of only 3.8 days; consequently, most of the gas
> decays harmlessly in the ground or atmosphere."
>
> So if it WERE to magically appear in coal beds and somehow be absorbed
> into the coal [neither of which is the case, but you'd need to be able
> to read some of the rest of that page to see why not.] a coal burning
> plant would be releasing this non-existent radon into the air where it
> would dissipate. Except of course that storing the coal for a few days
> would also get rid of this magical non-existent radon since there is
> very little thorium, uranium, etc. in commercial coal.
>
> You want radon, go to Grand Junction Colorado where the difference
> between the entire housing development built on uranium mine tailings
> and the natural radioactivity of the ground under most of the city is
> quite tiny unless you have an axe to grind and presume your audience is
> ignorant.
>
> If you want high enough concentrations of radon that the decay results
> in enough helium to raise your voice, next time you are in Moab, see if
> any locals can tell you how to find the old Fowler mine up behind the
> slick rock behind the old city dump.
>
> Coal fired plants have radioactive emissions, but radon ain't one of
> them. Particularly compared to the more dangerous radioactives that
> your body will absorb and imbed quite readily.

 

Except that radiation gases are leaking into ever ones basement, or
crawl space, and unless you blow it out, guess where else it goes?
Straight into your lungs where your half life has begun.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lon wrote:
>
> You might want to read some of those links you post so quickly with no
> comprehension.
>
> "Radon has a half-life of only 3.8 days; consequently, most of the gas
> decays harmlessly in the ground or atmosphere."
>
> So if it WERE to magically appear in coal beds and somehow be absorbed
> into the coal [neither of which is the case, but you'd need to be able
> to read some of the rest of that page to see why not.] a coal burning
> plant would be releasing this non-existent radon into the air where it
> would dissipate. Except of course that storing the coal for a few days
> would also get rid of this magical non-existent radon since there is
> very little thorium, uranium, etc. in commercial coal.
>
> You want radon, go to Grand Junction Colorado where the difference
> between the entire housing development built on uranium mine tailings
> and the natural radioactivity of the ground under most of the city is
> quite tiny unless you have an axe to grind and presume your audience is
> ignorant.
>
> If you want high enough concentrations of radon that the decay results
> in enough helium to raise your voice, next time you are in Moab, see if
> any locals can tell you how to find the old Fowler mine up behind the
> slick rock behind the old city dump.
>
> Coal fired plants have radioactive emissions, but radon ain't one of
> them. Particularly compared to the more dangerous radioactives that
> your body will absorb and imbed quite readily.