May 7th, was the date of the recent Prescription for: Radon A Medical Forum. This event was held in Oak Brook at the Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus. The name says it all, this was a chance to share the radon message with the medical community and radon partners. The crowd of just shy of 100 in…
A contract has been signed for the 20th National Radon Training Conference. It will be held in Columbus, Ohio, October 17-20, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency, Convention Center. Please note the month change from September to October.There is not any additional infromation on the website yet. Should you w…
After attending the Friday morning session of the MW AARST conference, I traveled to Champaign-Urbana for the State Science Fair. I discovered a radon project completed by a 7th grade student from Belleville, IL. His sixth grade teacher had died of lung cancer, was a non-smoker and her house was fou…
Radon and Residential Real Estate: Getting to Know the PlayersDr. Paul Locke is a radon leader who has over 20 years of experience in radon science, policy and law. He is particularly interested in how radon testing and remediation can be made part of residential real estate transactions. Dr. Locke…
The 3rd Annual US EPA Region 7 Radon Stakeholders' Meeting was held on March 4, 2009 in Overland Park, KS. Each year the meeting provides an opportunity for US EPA Region 7 and its partners; the Iowa Department of Public Health, Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Missouri Department of H…
Last week I attended training on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. When we got to Habit 6: Synergize, it made me think about the recent EPA Region VI Radon Stakeholders Meeting, held March 16-17, 2009 in Oklahoma City, OK. The principle of synergy is that the whole is greater than the sum o…