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“The only difference between a very high altitude worker and a radiation worker is that there is a government compensation program in place for sickened radiation workers.”

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“I was on the Big‬ ‪Island‬ of ‪Hawaii in 2015 and managed to characterize the ionizing ‪‎radiation‬ ‎levels‬ in the south of the island. ‪Mauna‬ ‪Kea‬ was the radiation hot zone with approximately a doubling of radiation levels at the Mauna Kea Visitors Center at 9,200 feet as compared to sea level. I did not venture to the summit due to the known biologically harmful environmental conditions to the sea level adapted human that exist at 13,796 feet.”

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“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, I was never screened annually by a doctor that was expert in low level radiation sickness (LLRS) and high altitude disease (HAD).”

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“A few years after working on Mauna Kea, I discovered that I had radiation sickness.”

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“It was common to drink from plastic bottles and cans in high altitude astronomy.”

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