Radon risk

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In a message dated 00-03-07 15:49:33 EST, Michael Ford wrote:

<< I apologize if I'm being overly abrasive, but I just can't stomach the 
deception anymore.  While I can understand the interest in the study of 
radon, please don't try to attach any more of a health hazard than can be 
objectively defended.  It has not been proven as a carcinogen in the home, no 
matter what the EPA says.
  >>

Michael, 

I can understand some of your frustrations, but I was trying to focus on the 
validity of testing the LNT using ecologic data.  I have already stayed to 
far from that goal.  

To address your statement above, the residential radon studies were funded to 
help directly assess the risk posed by residential radon exposure.   My goal, 
as a Health Physicist and Cancer Epidemiologist, is to bring the best science 
and dose assessment methods available to assess the risk posed by residential 
radon exposure. I urge you to read the papers we have published concerning 
improved exposure estimates. I am also looking forward to the potential 
findings concerning gene-environment interactions in this area.

Regards, Bill Field

College of Public Health
University of Iowa
bill-field@uiowa.edu  
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