Re: NCRP FOUNDATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL RADON STANDARD

[John Moulder <jmoulder@MCW.EDU>]

>I believe the report http://www.ncrp.com/review.html

>was released by the NCRP and is not the work of a

>hacker.  The report has some good sections, but in my

>opinion is extremely outdated and adds very little new

>information to our current knowlwdge on radon risks.  In

>fact, some sections misrepresent our current

>understanding of residential radon risks. One of the two

>references to me in the document is apparently from a

>post on Radsafe.  I would urge the committee to include

>only published peer reviewed literature in their reports

>and not posts from lists.



Well, there is an NCRP SC 85, with the title "Risks of Lung Cancer from Radon"



The 2001 NCRP Annual report states that their report is in "middle 

drafting stage", which is fairly early in the NCRP report writing 

process.

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John Moulder (jmoulder@mcw.edu)

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