I understand that WW2 bomb photography was eventually carried out routinely for Bomb Disposal Units in order to determine fuzes and booby traps. According to Hartley's book, "Unexploded Bomb", page 137 the radio-active source was Radon.
Radon is highly dangerous and particularly causes lung cancer, but this may not have been realised during the war. Was there any protection, such as lead aprons, given to these soldiers?
Does anybody have any information on cancers occuring in those Bomb Disposal specialists who used Field Photography?
Geoffrey Miller
Radon is highly dangerous and particularly causes lung cancer, but this may not have been realised during the war. Was there any protection, such as lead aprons, given to these soldiers?
Does anybody have any information on cancers occuring in those Bomb Disposal specialists who used Field Photography?
Geoffrey Miller
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