Radon in Schools Overview of State Laws

The following resource provides a summary of state laws and regulations on radon in schools. This document is designed to give public officials, advocates and others interested in strengthening state policies a set of ways in which radon is addressed as a major part of school indoor environmental issues.

Other materials are available through ELI’s Indoor Environments and Green Buildings Policy Resource Center: www.eli.org/buildings/tseh.cfm.

Radon and COPD Mortality in the American Cancer Society Cohort

Radon and COPD mortality in the American Cancer Society Cohort

Authored by: Michelle C. Turner, Daniel Krewski, Yue Chen, C. Arden Pope III,
Susan M. Gapsture and Michael J. Thune

Abstract: Although radon gas is a known cause of lung cancer, the association between residential radon and mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease has not been well characterised.