[ RadSafe ] Re: Selective ventilation

[Maury Siskel]

Dear Jerry,
Smoke is widely known for its aromatic and romantic characteristics. It 
wafts gently through the air affording  one a pleasing atmosphere as it 
floats about and gradually dissipates through the open windows. On the 
other hand, radon is possessed of completely different characteristics. 
Having been devised by EPA for entirely nefarious, imperial purposes, 
radon is sneaky and evil; radon seeks out dark enclosed spaces and 
avoids open windows like the plague. After having done away with DDT, 
EPA needed a replacement which is why radon was crafted and turned loose 
to multiply in the deep, dark, dampness (DDD) of basements frequented by 
few human beings. And this is how ventilation lets out the smoke, but 
not the black-hearted radon.  Black-hearted aromas are heavier than air 
and thus hover in DDD basements while light-hearted smoke and incense is 
lighter than air and thus seeks the bright sunny open air (and lungs 
susceptible to cancer). Radon repels the smoke and thus does afford some 
immunity to cancer. Now you know the technical details ....
Cheers,
Maury&Dog  (Dog disclaims any responsibility for this foolishness)
Maury Siskel   maurysis at ev1.net

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jjcohen wrote:

>Given an indoor atmosphere containing both radon and smoke, how would opening windows, or any other form of ventilation  mitigate one but not the other?
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kai Kaletsch <eic at shaw.ca>
>To: jjcohen <jjcohen at prodigy.net>; radsafe <radsafe at radlab.nl>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 5:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [RadSafe] Residential radon 
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