Re: Lung cancer mortality from radon versus mortality from other <plus> Radon...

["Rad health" <healthrad@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Ruth,



With all due respect, you have not even told me how much radon was in the 

home.  I am not avoiding the question.



Regarding the "barriers", I think you and they are confusing sub slab 

depressurization with installing a barrier which generally goes under the 

concrete slab.  I have no idea how you would install such a barrier under 

the slab without removing the concrete foundation.



Perhaps some radon mitigators could provide further information on how such 

a barrier could be installed?



Don





>healthrad@hotmail.com writes:

>

>

> > If they smoked, I would say that is a greater risk than all of the 

>potential

> > hazards below you bring up.

> >

>

>No they do not smoke and never have.  These are real people, by the way.

>

> > If the asbestos was not pliable, I would have left it in place.  The

> > decision between the radon and the wiring would depend on the

> > concentrations

> > of the radon and how faulty the wiring is.  Also, at this point, I see 

>no

> > way they could install "radon barriers".  That is usually only done for 

>new

> > construction.

> >

>

>They were informed that radon barriers could be installed.  Without tearing

>out the wiring or exposing it, how could they tell how faulty it is?  It's 

>at

>least 20 years old.  Please don't avoid the question.  If you had only 

>enough

>money to mitigate radon or aluminum electrical wiring, which would you

>mitigate?

>

>

>Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

>ruthweiner@aol.com





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