Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates has just completed the attached study entitled Radon in Natural Gas from Marcellus Shale. It was filed on December 11, 2012 with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Dr. Resnikoff's study critiques DEC's Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, and concludes that based on currently available radon data there will be from 1183 to 30,484 excess deaths from lung cancer in New York State alone attributable to shale gas (see attached).
Dr. Resnikoff’s findings describing the potential for elevated radon concentrations in Marcellus shale presents a compelling case for a study that includes systematic testing of radon concentrations at the point-of-use for residential gas sources derived from Marcellus shale.