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If anyone has any general radon publications available in Hmong, could you please send me a link? I haven't seen anything on the web.
Thanks!
Jess Maloney
jessica.maloney@wi.gov

I placed an order for the EPA's Citizens Guide to Radon a month ago. I was told the publication is on backorder. We are rolling out a radon awareness program in Virginia. We will be distributing free radon test kits.We always distribute the booklet with our test kits. Is the EPA going to stop producing this publication? Any suggestions?

Warm regards,
Dusty Donaldson
Dusty Joy Foundation
336.302.7714
www.dustyjoy.org

hello,

I recently received a call from a concerned citizen about radon exposure and any baseline testing she should discuss with her doctor as a result of the exposure. I relayed the Physicians Guide, but it doesn't really talk about testing, scans or monitoring if one was exposed to radon gas. Is there any additional literature that I could forward to her?

~Michelle Moyer

Not sure if anyone is following this, but there's an open public comment period underway for the IGCC. I learned today that it is primarily a non-residential-focused (large buildings and schools) code, but that it seems to contain Appendix F, which is residential-focused. Many of you may know far more about this than I.

If the radon level in a residential 1 family, ranch styled house (with crawl space beneath the house) is 113 pCi/L how can a tester determine the radon level emitted from the exterior ground outside the house?

My client is concerned about her dog (small hound dog that constantly is sniffing the ground and only stands 6" off the ground) and her very young children that play on the ground outside the house and take naps on blankets lying flat on the ground.

Friends and colleagues:

I am looking for any data of ventilation rates in residential high-rise
buildings, and possible radon in them, for a literature review and short
paper.

I have two studies now, by Tom Pugh of FL A&M (5 buildings, 5 units) and
Bill Brodhead working in NC (1 building, 5 units). They both show low
ventilation and elevated radon levels in units above the 3rd floor. The
source is likely to be concrete, but I'd like to find more data.

To all:

Was wondering if anyone has ran across any situations where the lender has made it mandatory for the radon ( after a radon test has been done ) to be at a certain level?

I am working with a realtor on a job where she stated that the loan originator ( from the Chicago area ) has noted that they will not guarantee the loan or give a interest rate lock until a radon system is installed in the house in question and provide a test where the radon level is at 2.0 pCi/L or lower.

I have heard increasing criticisms over the last few years that the EPA radon potential maps are not as accurate (in predicting areas with increased potential for radon exposure) as state collected screening measurement data. Has anyone performed any detailed comparisons within their state? I am particularly interested in comparisons performed in the Midwest.

Regards,
Bill Field

I would like to know the most recent permissible limits of Radon Concentrations in air and for drinking water set up by UNSCEAR, ICRP and EPA.

Regards,
D.Maibam

This question is being posted on behalf of Eleanor Wilson, who contacted RadonLeaders.org with her question. We have also forwarded her question to the NJ Radon Program. Please feel free to chime in with your answer and/or feedback below. Thank you!