Covid Renews Interest in Radiation, but Docs Caution Against Pilgrimages to Radon-Filled Mines ...Middle East

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BOULDER, Mont. — Twice a year, Brian Tichenor makes the 1,200-mile drive each way from his home in Kansas to a defunct uranium mine in Montana, where he takes an elevator 85 feet below the surface to sit amid radioactive radon gas to ease the pain from his chronic eye condition. “I found it like I think a lot of people do,” said Tichenor, 67. “It’s a point of desperation with conventional treatment.” While radon is commonly known as a hazardous gas removed from basements, people in pain travel to Montana and pay to breathe, drink and bathe in its radioactive particles. The travelers view the radon exposure as low-dose radiation therapy for a long list of health issues. But t

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