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Radium Hot Springs, Colorado; Radium Sulphur Springs, Los Angeles; Alternative name for White Point Hot Springs, California;
The hot springs were named after the radioactive element when an analysis of the water showed that it contained small traces of radon which is a decay product of radium. [3] The radiation dosage from bathing in the pools is inconsequential: approximately 0.13 millirems (1.3 μSv ) from the water for a half-hour bathing, around ten times average ...
Hot springs are considered sacred by several Indigenous cultures, and along with sweat lodges have been used for ceremonial purposes. [2] Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. [3] Bathing in hot, mineral water is an ancient ritual.
Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest: Jayson Loam's Original Guide. Aqua Thermal Access. ISBN 978-1-890880-07-1. Marjorie Gersh-Young (2008). Hot Springs & Hot Pools Of The Northwest. Aqua Thermal Access. ISBN 978-1-890880-08-8. G. J Woodsworth (1999). Hot springs of Western Canada: a complete guide. West Vancouver: Gordon Soules.
Radium Hot Springs (Colorado) Remington Hot Springs; S. Saline Valley Hot Springs; San Antonio Hot Springs; Silver Creek Hot Spring; Soda Dam Hot Spring;
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The hot springs are located in the Radium Wildlife Area of the Bureau of Land Management Radium Recreation Area. Located one quarter mile off the River Rim Trail, the springs are situated on a rock outcropping midway up the sheer rock canyon wall. They are inaccessible by vehicle and are accessible only on foot or by raft. [3]
Radium Sulphur Springs, located on the north side of Melrose Avenue between Larchmont and Gower Street in Los Angeles, California, U.S., was an early-20th-century hot spring that resulted from an unsuccessful attempt to drill 1,500 feet (460 m) for oil.