From Name
Field, R W

Submit comments regarding occupational
exposure to radon here - http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/CommentList.aspx?cmd=stc&Id=365
 
Example of what I submitted –
 
 
I would urge a focus on occupational risks based on a comparative risk
perspective.  It is noteworthy that despite the fact that protracted
exposure to radon has been shown to cause lung cancer even below the EPA's
action level of 4 pCi/L, occupational regulations for radon have not been
revised for over 35 years. 
 
The OSHA regulation is still the 1971 radon-222 exposure limit for adult
employees of 100 picocuries/liter (pCi/L) averaged over a 40-hour
workweek.  The current NRC radon-222 exposure limit for adult employees is
30 pCi/L averaged over a year.
 
Occupational Exposure
 
        Workplaces have the potential
for greatly elevated radon concentrations.  In addition to underground
miners, these occupations include: workers remediating radioactive-contaminated
sites, including uranium mill sites and mill tailings; workers at underground
nuclear waste repositories; radon mitigation contractors and testers; employees
of natural caves; phosphate fertilizer plant workers; oil refinery workers;
utility tunnel workers; subway tunnel workers; construction excavators; power
plant workers, including geothermal power and coal; employees of radon health
mines; employees of radon balneotherapy spas (waterborne radon source); water
plant operators (waterborne radon source); fish hatchery attendants (waterborne
radon source); employees who come in contact with technologically enhanced
sources of naturally occurring radioactive materials; and incidental exposure
in almost any occupation from local geologic radon sources (Field
1999).  
 
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Submit comments regarding radon in
general here – http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/CommentList.aspx?cmd=stc&Id=132
 
 
Submit comments concerning radon
testing here - http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/CommentList.aspx?cmd=stc&Id=150
 
 
Submit comments about radon
resistant new construction here - http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/CommentList.aspx?cmd=stc&Id=151
 
 
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