[harrison987]

Ah yes...

But...

We are ALL subjected to Radiation every day...this is all due to:

- smoking
- elevation
- the area of the country you live in
- air pollution
- food (eg. potassium)
- pacemakers
- porcelain crowns
- gas lanterns while camping
- Xray machines scanning luggage at airport
- fallout from nuclear weapons testing
- if you live in stone, brick, or concrete building
- watching T.V.
- Luminous hands on wristwatches
- Smoke detectors
- and if you live within 50 miles of a coal or nuclear power plant


The AVERAGE person is exposed to 360 mrem every year.

When I was living in Canada a few years ago, I had an Tachometer glass break in my hands, and my fingers touched directly the hands, dial, and face of the instrument.

So...I had a guy come in with a Radon meter, and he swept my ENTIRE apartment, including me. He swept around 15 instruments from what I recall.

The amount was SOOOOOO negligible, it was not worth even being concerned about. And this was after I touched the radium directly.

At 1 foot from these instrument, the radiation is usually 30 times less than at the instrument's surface.

A test was done on 2 WW2 instruments and this is what was observed.

The amount of radiation was 0.5 mR/h on the surface of the gauge. At a distance of 1 foot, the radiation was less than 0.03 mR/h. At a distance of 2 feet, the radiation is difficult to distinguish from normal background radiation.

So...don't sleep on your instrument panel and you are fine...

If the average person is exposed to 360 mrem/year...jsut from REGULAR every day circumstances, than certainly the government is over-reacting....