How many people do I know who have died from lung cancer and were living with high levels of radon in their homes?
My husband hadn't smoked in 27 years and we were living with over 4 times the EPA action level of radon in our home for 18 years. He died of lung cancer in 2006.
I will not reveal the full names but here's a list of some of the people I know.
Doug in Wyoming a never smoker, died 2008. Living with 66 picocuries of radon (pCi/L)
Dennie in Ohio a never smoker died of lung cancer last month. 10 pCi/L of radon in his home for 12 years.
Sue in PA died of lung cancer. She was a stay at home mom for years and a never smoker living with high levels of radon.
Julia in Georgia a never smoker living with high levels of radon for 19 years died of lung cancer in 2004.
Charles in Maine died of cancer in 2006 and was living with high concentrations of radon in the well water.
I know of other never smokers in Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota who are still battling lung cancer and had been living with high levels of radon in their homes.
Please test your home for radon. What you don't know may kill you. The only way to know if you are living with high levels of radon is to test for it. Hopefully if you get it tested professionally it will be by a licensed and certified professional. Please take a look at www.cansar.org and see the faces and read the words of some of the people affected by radon. The surgeon general says everyone should test their home. The workplaces and schools also need to be tested. If we can get laws passed to protect the homeowner from the dangers of radon, perhaps we won't need our website any longer. Just because you can't see or smell or taste radon, doesn't mean it isn't there. It can be in any king of home, new, old, basement, no basement, brick or frame, ranch or two story. Test to find out. Hope you find a low level and if not, please have it mitigated. I wish we had done this many years ago.
Radon lurks in city homes
How many people do I know who have died from lung cancer and were living with high levels of radon in their homes?
My husband hadn't smoked in 27 years and we were living with over 4 times the EPA action level of radon in our home for 18 years. He died of lung cancer in 2006.
I will not reveal the full names but here's a list of some of the people I know.
Doug in Wyoming a never smoker, died 2008. Living with 66 picocuries of radon (pCi/L)
Dennie in Ohio a never smoker died of lung cancer last month. 10 pCi/L of radon in his home for 12 years.
Sue in PA died of lung cancer. She was a stay at home mom for years and a never smoker living with high levels of radon.
Julia in Georgia a never smoker living with high levels of radon for 19 years died of lung cancer in 2004.
Charles in Maine died of cancer in 2006 and was living with high concentrations of radon in the well water.
I know of other never smokers in Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota who are still battling lung cancer and had been living with high levels of radon in their homes.
Please test your home for radon. What you don't know may kill you. The only way to know if you are living with high levels of radon is to test for it. Hopefully if you get it tested professionally it will be by a licensed and certified professional. Please take a look at www.cansar.org and see the faces and read the words of some of the people affected by radon. The surgeon general says everyone should test their home. The workplaces and schools also need to be tested. If we can get laws passed to protect the homeowner from the dangers of radon, perhaps we won't need our website any longer.
Just because you can't see or smell or taste radon, doesn't mean it isn't there. It can be in any king of home, new, old, basement, no basement, brick or frame, ranch or two story. Test to find out. Hope you find a low level and if not, please have it mitigated. I wish we had done this many years ago.
July 21, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )