[ RadSafe ] Indoor Radon

[jjcohen]

Otto,
    Just out of curiosity, is there any chance that the EPA  model
might actually predict lung cancer incidence from radon exposure
with any accuracy?
Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: Otto G. Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:12 PM
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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