Re: Precautionary Principle Applied to Lung Cancer Risk Caused by Residential...

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/17/02 11:32:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, epirad@mchsi.com writes:



> . In descending 
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> order of priority, indoor air pollutants (excluding 
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> radon), criteria air pollutants, hazardous air 
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> pollutants, indoor radon, lead contamination, inactive 
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> hazardous waste sites, and drinking water at the tap are 
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> the highest ranked environmental hazards to human health.



Of course this list does not even begin to consider the unintended consequences of regulations relating to these "hazards."  Somehow we need to be able to put ranges of values onto the hazards so people and regulators can use common sense in applying regulatory restrictions.



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee

(I appologize for not signing the previous post!)