Serendipitously, an article posted on the Radio Prague web site features an article and some great photos of Karlove Vary (Carlsbad) : http://img.radio.cz/pictures/t/czech/karlovy_vary3.jpg http://img.radio.cz/pictures/czech/karlovy_vary_vridlo.jpg http://img.radio.cz/pictures/t/czech/karlovy_vary1.jpg http://img.radio.cz/pictures/czech/karlovy_vary7.jpg http://www.radio.cz/en/article/62238 Karlovy Vary [12-01-2005] By Dita Asiedu In this edition of Spotlight we visit the Czech Republic's biggest spa town, Karlovy Vary. <SNIP> ....the article gives some idea of the high mineral concentration in the spring water -- drunk for medicinal purposes. It does not, unfortunately, say anything about its NORM content. Jaro ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jaro [mailto:jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:12 AM > To: multiple cdn > Subject: Shinkolobwe: " Poisoned water, poisoned air " > > In view of the tourist resort success of such radioactive places as Kerala > (India), Ramsar (Iran), and many radon spas in the US, Japan and Europe > (Austria, Grece, Czech Rep., etc), one would think that this place has > some future potential too..... > > http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Art > icle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1100992208376&call_pageid=970599119419 > Nov. 21, 2004. 09:02 AM > Poisoned water, poisoned air > At the mine that supplied uranium for the first atomic bombs, massive > demand for cobalt has thousands digging in deadly soil > MADELAINE DROHAN > SPECIAL TO THE STAR > <SNIP> > Once production started in 1921, the mine supplied radium for some of > Marie Curie's experiments [using materials concentrated millions of times > over the natural ore concentration....] and uranium for the Manhattan > Project, which produced the first atom bomb. [initially, the Curie's > supply of ore came from the Jachymov uranium mining district in the Czech > Republic -- its now a world-renowned tourist resort area, centered around > Karlove Vary or "Carlsbad," where the mineral-laden water is the main > attraction, whether drunk directly or used in mud baths.... in the early > part of the Cold War, the district supplied uranium for the Soviet nuke > arsenal -- JF ] > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 1/12/2005
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