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Why ?......how about honor ? Integrity ? Professionalism ? Maybe throw in a little compassion for someone struggling for a better life for themselves and their family....just to name a few reasons.
Actually I did pre-purchase home inspections for 20 years....over 5000 home inspections.....I moved laterally into radon...I do some testing but mostly I mitigate homes now with excessive radon levels....about 150 a year.
Since radon is a fake problem, not a real one, you're playing the role of a predator on the gullible public. Just the kind of person you decry.
Since radon is a fake problem, not a real one, you're playing the role of a predator on the gullible public. Just the kind of person you decry.
How ironic.
Fake ? You show your ignorance with that statement. The Federal EPA, Canada, the UK and most of the European nations are all in agreement that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking and have radon programs. What cave do you live in that you think exposure to excessive amounts of radiation is a fake problem ?
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Fake ? You show your ignorance with that statement. The Federal EPA, Canada, the UK and most of the European nations are all in agreement that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking and have radon programs. What cave do you live in that you think exposure to excessive amounts of radiation is a fake problem ?
Radon is a big problem for uranium miners who are smokers. For homeowners, not so much.
When I moved into a house with an elevated radon reading, I called one of the leaders of a major radon study at the university where I worked at the time. He said the acceptable radon level is set so low that even if you're well above it there is no detectable risk. He further said that he had never seen anything to show that people who live in higher radon areas had any shorter life spans than normal.
But if you have data, I'd be happy to consider changing my mind.
Radon is a big problem for uranium miners who are smokers. For homeowners, not so much.
When I moved into a house with an elevated radon reading, I called one of the leaders of a major radon study at the university where I worked at the time. He said the acceptable radon level is set so low that even if you're well above it there is no detectable risk. He further said that he had never seen anything to show that people who live in higher radon areas had any shorter life spans than normal.
But if you have data, I'd be happy to consider changing my mind.
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These analyses provide additional evidence that residential radon increases lung cancer risk in the general population.
""" Wiley InterScience :: Session Cookies
Though I have no expertise/knowledge of this, seems a strange thing for an international conspiracy to trick us though...
Radon is a big problem for uranium miners who are smokers. For homeowners, not so much.
When I moved into a house with an elevated radon reading, I called one of the leaders of a major radon study at the university where I worked at the time. He said the acceptable radon level is set so low that even if you're well above it there is no detectable risk. He further said that he had never seen anything to show that people who live in higher radon areas had any shorter life spans than normal.
But if you have data, I'd be happy to consider changing my mind.
Its an international concern.....sorry but your friend at the university must not have gotten the memo ? Its a long term exposure risk that can and does cause lung cancer......in fact.....according to EPA and international data its the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking. Apparently your friend at the university is of the mind that exposure to long term low level radation isn't a problem but the bottom line is that exposure to any radiation is a concern.....when you get an X-ray at the dentists office have you noticed they make you wear a lead lined jacket.....and the nurse runs out of the room when they take the X-ray....and thats just ONE X-ray......what do you think happens when your exposed to long term low level radiation over a period of years......if your not sure take a look at the effects on the people of Hiroshima or Nagasaki......the only difference is radon is a gas and only affects the lungs. If you or your university friend still feel its not a problem perhaps you might like to relay that to some of the many adults and children that had never smoked a day in their lives but came down with lung cancer in some of the houses I have mitigated......I'm sure that despite having lung cancer they will be greatly relieved to know that you feel its not a problem !!! Ultimately your gambling with your health and the health of your family based upon advice from an individual that offers no recognized EPA or DEP credentials concerning radon....only his "views" on it. If your living in a house with an elevated radon reading and haven't taken steps to lower it your a fool !!!
Last edited by FlyersFan; 03-12-2009 at 03:20 PM..
Its an international concern.....sorry but your friend at the university must not have gotten the memo ? Its a long term exposure risk that can and does cause lung cancer......in fact.....according to EPA and international data its the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking. Apparently your friend at the university is of the mind that exposure to long term low level radation isn't a problem but the bottom line is that exposure to any radiation is a concern.....when you get an X-ray at the dentists office have you noticed they make you wear a lead lined jacket.....and the nurse runs out of the room when they take the X-ray....and thats just ONE X-ray......what do you think happens when your exposed to long term low level radiation over a period of years......if your not sure take a look at the effects on the people of Hiroshima or Nagasaki......the only difference is radon is a gas and only affects the lungs. If you or your university friend still feel its not a problem perhaps you might like to relay that to some of the many adults and children that had never smoked a day in their lives but came down with lung cancer in some of the houses I have mitigated......I'm sure that despite having lung cancer they will be greatly relieved to know that you feel its not a problem !!! Ultimately your gambling with your health and the health of your family based upon advice from an individual that offers no recognized EPA or DEP credentials concerning radon....only his "views" on it. If your living in a house with an elevated radon reading and haven't taken steps to lower it your a fool !!!
The odds ratio is pretty low and the 95% CIs are extremely wide. The association is positive but weak.
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These analyses provide additional evidence that residential radon increases lung cancer risk in the general population.
""" Wiley InterScience :: Session Cookies
This is one of these extrapolations from serious radon risk (underground miners) downward to residential levels. Studies like this are rather suspect because they don't really have much to say about why the relationship should track all the way from very high levels down to residential levels.
Bottom line: don't become an undergound miner, and don't smoke. The rest of the risk is not very significant.
But thanks for the references. What I think doesn't matter, because the government has already decreed that there will be a radon remediation industry no matter whether the risk is significant or not.
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