The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ (NIEHS’) Visionary Ideas for Strategic Planning relates to broad-based scientific directions for the environmental health sciences community that will help to shape the vision for NIEHS over the next five years.
On this website, users can submit their ideas, vote, or comment on Visionary Ideas, as well as discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for NIEHS. As the community discusses and votes for ideas, the ideas that garner the most votes are boosted to the top of the page.
Help get radon on NIEHS’ most popular list of ideas! To vote for a radon-related idea, titled “Radon Gas Exposure Research on All Cancers and Other Diseases,” visit http://strategicplan.niehs.nih.gov/a/dtd/Radon-gas-exposure-research-on-all-cancers-and-other-diseases/122092-12617. Read the full idea below.
Radon Gas Exposure Research on All Cancers and Other Diseases
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers and second only to tobacco overall; however, most people dismiss the seriousness of lung cancer because of the stigma attached to smoking. Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of all, and radon gas is the leading environmental cause of cancer mortality. According to the World Health Organization radon induced lung cancer accounts for about 14% of lung cancer which takes the lives of about 22,000 people each year. Research into other cancers and other diseases that may be caused by radon will greatly enhance the public's awareness of the danger of living with elevated levels of radon gas; and lives will be saved.
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