Posted by Bruce Hirschler on
CRCPD has awarded six mini-grants for the 2011 Radon Mini Grant Program. Congratulations to the following state programs and their respective community partners: Illinois Emergency Management Agency and American Lung Association in Illinois Nebraska DHHS Radon Program and Elkhorn Logan Valley Publi…
Posted by Gloria Linnertz on
In Des Moines a bipartisan group of House and Senate members are forming a “cancer caucus” to raise awareness and share collective knowledge among legislators and their constituents about a large group of different diseases that claim more than 6,000 Iowans’ lives every year, and CanSAR member Gail…
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Attached is the announcement/agenda for the 6th Annual Region 7 Radon Stakeholders' Meeting on March 14 in Nebraska City, Nebraska for your use and distribution.On March 13 there will be two radon continuing education courses provided by Kansas State University and by Spruce Environmental. In addit…
Posted by Gloria Linnertz on
January 1, 2012Ms. Wendy Dew US EPA Region 8 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-2466 Dear Wendy, Please consider my recommendation for Christina and Eric Bear for the President’s Environmental Youth Award for 2012 for Region 8. Winning the EPA’s National Radon Poster Contest for the state of Colo…
Posted by Gloria Linnertz on
December 8, 2011President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: Please don’t sacrifice lives with budget cuts. My husband died of radon-induced lung cancer. We were not aware of radon--the leading environmental cause of cancer mortality…
Posted by Jani on
I don't know if everyone knows this, but Doug Kladder, Director of the Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. (CERTI), interviewed several radon professionals at the 2011 International Radon Symposium. Those interviews can be found on the CERTI site here. As you listen to the audio p…