Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 1 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
Three county residences tested for radon in a recent sampling program showed no elevated levels of the suspected carcinogen, but that ,, doesn’t mean people in Rappahannock don’t face a threat of increased „ lung cancer incidence from this radioactive gas, according to Dr. John JEinerson, regional health department director.
Statewide, 725 residences were ' -chosen at random for the two-hour --monitoring from a pool of 3,559 Health department employees. El"‘evated radon levels were registered by three of 11 residences tested in r-€ulpeper County, two of 12 in Fau^ quier, two of five in Madison, one of ■ ‘eight in Orange, and none of three in 'Rappahannock. “Generally, moun"fain areas are where the highest levels of radon have been found, so
• C
91.6%