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Gradually, the other states are

adopting similar regulations with certain
modifications,

For example, in Colorado they will

have the mines checked by the State Inepecte
ors and New Mexico will do the same except
their standards will be based on amounts of
ventilation per miner rether than radon
level specifically and ¢o on,

The only State which seems to have

no control measures whetsoever in force is in

Wachineton and approximately some uranium is
now being produced sround fnokene,.

As far as the mills ere concerned
there are ebout nine on the pnleteau at the

present tine and a large new one is being cone
structed in Uteh,

These are usuelly inspected by the

State factory inspectors and the radon hazards

there are not nearly ag bad as in the mines,

As a metter of fact, probobly the major hezard
is that of silica in the crushing operations,

The feeling of Dunern Holiday who 4g
the Public Health Service Chief representative

on the plateau is that it is probably quite

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