Re: NCRP FOUNDATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL RADON STANDARD

[epirad@mchsi.com]

The draft report was removed from the NCRP website this 

morning.  



Bill Field

> >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opinion is extremely outdated and adds very little new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.

> -- 

> 

> John Moulder (jmoulder@mcw.edu)

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