[ RadSafe ] Indoor Radon

[John R Johnson]

Otto

I agree, and I recommend BEIR VI as a good reference.

John
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-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl]On
Behalf Of Otto G. Raabe
Sent: May 18, 2005 2:12 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Indoor Radon


May 18, 2005

Nearly all lung cancer (90 to 95% depending on the source of information)
is associated with tobacco smoke. This is a matter of documented fact that
is well known. Ending smoking will have a fantastic beneficial impact on
health.

That radon in homes causes any lung cancer is purely hypothetical unless
the lifetime dose to the bronchial epithelium exceeds 10 Sv. The EPA model
for cancer from radon in homes is an unproved model.

Otto
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