Re: Radon and Lung Cancer: What the studies really say.

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Kai Kaletsch wrote:



> The studies then tell us:

>

> 1. People living in counties that have high average radon concentrations

> have fewer lung cancers than people living in counties where the average

> radon concentration is lower do.

> 2. People who had high cumulative radon exposures in the past have more lung

> cancers than people who have been exposed less do.



	--These two statements refer to different ranges of radon

exposure. #1 refers to radon levels below 3 pCi/L. There is very little

evidence that case-control studies support your #2 in that dose region.



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