For those in the radon field who did not have the opportunity to hear Dr. Field’s presentation at the National Radon meeting in September regarding the World Health Organization’s Handbook on Indoor Radon, we have posted a video of his presentation with his express permission. The sound quality is not great as I was recording the program for latter reference for an article I was writing for the Indoor Environments Connection. However, after listening to the presentation and recognizing the impact that this announcement could have, we were able to lay the audio onto Dr. Field’s slides to provide an easily accessible rendition of his presentation. We trust this will help sustain the distribution of the WHO message that, in my opinion, validates radon as a significant worldwide health concern.
This program can be viewed at no cost at the following URL on the CERTI.US web site:
http://certi.info/catalog/index.php?main_page=page&id=64&chapter=0
We appreciate Dr. Field’s assistance on this as well as the entire WHO community who contributed to this very significant document, which, with its recommendation of a reference level for long-term indoor radon exposure of 2.7 pCi/L (100 Bq/M3/M), will lead to some very interesting discussions over the next several years.
Also, for those that are interested in how the US EPA viewed radon accomplishments in 2009 and what their plans are for 2010, you can also listen to a phone interview that was conducted earlier this year with Bill Long and Lou Witt of the indoor Environments Division. This can also be found at the URL listed above.
Sincerely
Douglas L. Kladder
CERTI
719-477-1714
United States