[ RadSafe ] Indoor Radon

[Bernard Cohen]

Glennon, Patrick wrote:

>I think we would benefit more by looking at the larger picture.  That picture is that even using the EPA's numbers the proper response to indoor radon is ---"Big Deal, So What." 
>
          ---According to EPA and NCRP numbers, the average American 
gets about 200 mrem per year of whole body equivalent dose exposure from 
radon in homes. This is 100 times more exposure than anyone claims he 
will get from nuclear power. but fear of radiation from nuclear power is 
costing us dearly. It is at least 100 times more radiation than anyone 
claims anyone will get from the Hanford operations, but we are spending 
$50-60 billion to reduce that risk. I could give a lot of similar examples.
          I always viewed the radon problem as a potentially powerful 
tool for bringing the public to its senses about the dangers of radiation