Beth Baker Owens has sent you a message.
Date: 8/10/2010
Subject: RE: Is Radon Gas something you should take seriously?
Say Dallas,Dallas,
We hear a variation of this question all the time. We typically use this in the reply.
John Mallon
These Organizations urge that all habitable Structures
be tested for Radon and corrected if level is above 4.0 pCi/l.
Ø Dept. of Health and Human Services
Ø The U.S. Surgeon General
Ø The American Medical Association
Ø The American Lung Association
Ø The American Public Health Association
Ø The National Academy of Science
Ø Council on Radiation Protection
Ø Centers for Disease Control
Sep 1
I believe you can add the World Health Organization to that list. I think John's idea of a short statement and the list of organizations is the best way to handle the situation. It is very brief and delivers a ton of credibility.
-Jay Bauder
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To: RADONPROFESSIONALS@LIST.UIOWA.EDU
If 22,000 deaths per year in the US is not enough,
1) Watch the "Eddie's Story" video on my website homepage ( http://www.radoncontrolproducts.com/">Radon Control Products homepage ) Eddie
is a friend/ customer of mine, and lung cancer has changed his life.
2)Personally, I really like the study done about 18 mos. ago that concluded
that, with average time spent indoors, long-term exposure to radon @ the
4.0 pCi/L "action level" equates to 200 chest X-rays per year! People can
relate to that as a concrete concept, and so far, I have not found anyone who
thinks 200 chest X-rays per year is something they want.
Thanks for caring!
Henri Boyea
RADON CONTROL PRODUCTS
PO Box 6263 Hendersonville, NC 28793
I think the question can be answered simply. Check out this piece from a
blog that Gloria Linnertz wrote. If you don't know who she is, she is
active trying to educate people about radon, and her husband died of
radon-induced lung cancer. Here's the link, and here's a blurb that says
a lot:
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/column/article_e838419a-15bd-54fa-aaa2-bfe89926c8de.html
For 27 years my husband worked and exercised every day, followed a
low-fat, low-cholesterol diet, and didn’t smoke. We had smoke detectors,
carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers in our
home; and we didn’t burn candles. Joe lived only six weeks after his
diagnosis of lung cancer that had spread to his liver and bones. We had
been living with a radon level of 17.6 picocuries per liter of air in
our home for 18 years.
The radon page for EPA also has extensive information regarding real
estate and radon. Here's that link:
http://www.epa.gov/radon/realestate.html
Hope this helps! --Jani
Jani Palmer | Indoor Environments Division, USEPA |
P: 202.343.9921| E: palmer.janise@epa.gov
I have been an Environmental Professional for over 40 years, hold a BS in Chemistry, a MS in Environmental Science and was focused on other things when we discovered the hazard that our built environment of our homes exposes us to a hazardous cancer causing level of radioactive materials. I have always known that the earths’ near surface atmosphere had a radioactive characteristic, but never looked at it carefully until 2007. Today my reality is that the greatest natural environmental hazard to my own personal health and life is from accumulation of Radon and its decay products in the homes I choose to live and buildings that I occupy. It is totally senseless or me or anyone to ignore the warning of the Cancer Risk of Radon. It is so easy and inexpensive to test for Radon and can be fixed for less than a day in the hospital, if an issue is found.
Regards
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson, BS MS
Montrose County H&HS Environmental Health, EH Manager
