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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

Hi all,

Our nonprofit organization (lung cancer advocacy) is conducting a radon awareness program in a neighboring county and we need some advice/help from radon professionals.

We are in search of an interactive radon exhibit to display in a public area, such as a library. I am not talking about a tabletop stand with text and diagrams. I don’t even know how to explain what I am thinking about…but I will try.

I need help:
David & Karen (D&K) bought this ranch style home with a drive-in basement and a walk out basement on the opposite end. This home was originally built with an in ground pool in the basement. When D&K bought this home the pool had already been filled in and a concrete slab poured over the pool. The basement is nearly complexly finished space. The house was weatherized after D&K moved in. Radon testing resulted in over 10 pCi/l.

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

I am a graduate researcher at Purdue University. Our lab is developing a novel detector system that we feel could have a profound impact on radon detection. Our initial goal will be to demonstrate real time detection of radon contaminated water. In order to benchmark the system it would be desirable to have a sample of contaminated water in order to do the testing.

Where would you go/whom would you talk to to obtain such a sample?