RE: Lung cancer mortality from radon versus mortality fromother cancers

["Michael Ford" <MFORD@PANTEX.COM>]

Dear Don, Don, Don and Don,



It is clear that you have not read ANY of the miner studies which typically follows as the second or third sentence in radon studies with predetermined outcomes ... something like "After cigarette smoking, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer.  Epidemiological studies of miners and ..... blah, blah, blah."



Do you see one measurement per year or one measurement per 10 years, 50 year, etc. as a strength?



Do you see ignoring the influence of silica dust, diesel fumes, and other industrial/mining hazards as a strength?



Before you go any further and quote any more tired references, you might just trot back to BEIR IV, find the miner study references and go read them.  Then tell us all how great the case is for a radon:lung cancer relationship.



v/r

Michael





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