Re: AARST Radon Scientist Claim Nation's Policy a Failure

[Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>]

Stewart Farber wrote:

> 

> Hi Bill:

> 

> I'm certainly not disputing that radon exposure in homes likely causes health

> effects. Whether it is an estimated  3,000 or 33,000 fatalities per year my major

> point is still the same. Why is our society so phobic about trivial exposures in

> the present or 10,000 years in the future from nuclear waste disposal and former

> nuclear defense site cleanup [which might result in a handfull of theoretical

> deaths per year at most], when estimated risks [numbering in the thousands per

> year] like those due to indoor radon get such lip service? Why is our nation

> willing to spend hundreds of billions of $ to "cleanup" former defense sites

> causing trivial exposures to anyone offsite or in elaborate schemes to reduce

> future doses from nuclear waste disposal [which many antis claim is an

> "unacceptable risk"] while at the same time we essentially ignore massive [by

> comparison] indoor radon risks? What's wrong with this picture? The hyprocisy is

> incredible.



A:  Because its our government and NOT our parents!  And therefore not a

government responsibility.



B:  Because people feel they can move (yes Norm - or sue) if they find

themsleves in this situation and therefore have some choice/recourse.

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