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On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 4:55:59 PM UTC-4, numbernu...@gmail.com wrote:
> Obviously, cosmic rays are not propagating through 1800 meters
> of bed rock. So it is questionable if cosmic rays are actually
> propagating through your body. How do you know if it is background
> radiation. Get background radiation or more like underground radiation.

A good question. but consider:
if it is background radiation, at 1800 meters, the radiation will come
from all directions because the source is the surrounding rock.

if it is cosmic radiation (particles), there is a preferred direction
from above.

when tests are done, there is indeed an excess coming from above.
That excess increases as the testing is done close to the surface.
And even greater excess from above for tests done at higher elevations
(mountain tops).

This is opposite what would happen if the source is the bedrock.
On the mountain tops the bedrock is below, so the particle direction
would be up not down.

Since the observations shown the direction coming from above,
then we can rule out background radiation.

HTH,
  ed

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