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When Stanley Watras, a Bechtel Group engineer assigned to the Limerick nuclear-power plant in Boyertown, Pa., set off radiation monitors last winter, that in itself was unusual. Nuclear-plant workers rarely come into contact with radioactive substances during their daily routine. What disturbed Watras even more was that he...
...Pennsylvania department of environmental resources estimates that by living in the radon-tainted environment for one year, Watras, 34, and his wife Diane, 33, had been exposed to the equivalent of 455,000 chest X rays, which increased their risk of contracting lung cancer by 13% to 14%. The Watrases immediately vacated the house. Two weeks ago, after the completion of a $32,000 PECO-sponsored cleanup operation, they moved back...
Stunned by the discovery, the bureau of radiation safety at the Pennsylvania environmental resources department dispatched half of its 25-person staff to the Boyertown area, where during the past five months they have tested 1,800 local dwellings for radon. Their finding: 40% of the homes have unacceptably high...
Discovered in 1900, radon is produced by the radioactive decay of radium, which in turn is a product of the radioactive breakdown of uranium. The gas has long been recognized as a health threat to uranium miners, who suffer abnormally high rates of lung cancer. But as a gas, radon...
Three-pointers: Duff, Keffer , Duncan. Fouled out: None. Total fouls: Harvard 18; Maine 22. Assists: Harvard 15 (Keffer 8); Maine 19 (Watras 5). Turnovers: Harvard 18; Maine 20. Rebounds: Harvard 47 (Chandler 10); Maine 47 (Coffin 11).