A radon message was sanely present at the Rally to Restore Sanity, held in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 2010. The Rally was hosted by Comedy Central's Jon Stewart.
My Aunt Sue has been a nurse for about thirty years. While I was growing up my whole family would ask her opinion when we had a cough, cold, scrape, or unknown. Because of her profession we implicitly trusted her advice. I think many of us have the family-member, friend, or relative who is a nurs…
This story appeared on Fox News. Unfortunately, radon is not mentioned as a cause of lung cancer.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/11/02/waiting-exhale-lung-cancer-672713072/
As you know, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has committed to invest funding to support the development of several critical national radon standards. While we have (limited) funding to support this, we do not have deep staff expertise, and the radon community needs your help. As a dedicated…
Kentucky HB 247 for Licensure of Radon Contractors made it through its 3 rd reading and passed 37-0 on March 2nd! Language in the bill waschanged as it went through the House and Senate. More details on how this bill will affect the State Program and Radon Professionals will follow in the next co…
In my last blog, I offered the diagnosis that the medical community suffers from cognitive dissonance when it comes to patients and radon communication. To be clear, this cognitive dissonance arises from two facts. First, the medical and public health communities are aggressively advocating agains…