Comments on: Resolve to Protect Your Family and Kick Radon Out of Your Home in 2009 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009 EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ken http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-39450 Ken Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:30:04 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-39450 I am currently writing a research paper on radon and its risks. A few important things I’ve learned so far:

- If you smoke and are exposed to high levels of radon your risk of lung cancer increases by up to 20 times.
-Radon gas can also come from the granite counter tops and floors in your home.
-In New Jersey 84% of the homes mitigated had radon levels reduced to 2pCi/L or less.
-Approximately 6 million people live in moderate to high areas and 2.4 million homes still need to be tested in these areas.

TEST, FIX, SAVE A LIFE.

]]> By: allen http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-39316 allen Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:53:27 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-39316 Now that is not cool. I thought radon is helpful for my family and its safe because it also used by scientist and doctors for treating sickness. I appreciate this article so much! Thank you for the info.

]]> By: Amy Cameron http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-29226 Amy Cameron Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:07:50 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-29226 I have not been informed about how radon in our homes could pose a threat to my family. Thanks a lot for this article! It came so timely since we’re planning to get a new home and this matter should be put into consideration.

Amy Cameron

]]> By: Scott http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-28645 Scott Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:44:24 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-28645 Great advice. As a work from home parent of 3, these are issues that are close to my heart. Thank you for the excellent content.

Best,
Scott

]]> By: bill reagan http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-27618 bill reagan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:45:24 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-27618 radon is a problem but people smoking everywhere is far greater because of second hand smoke. We must stop this.

]]> By: Rhonda Leonard http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-26586 Rhonda Leonard Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:50:25 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-26586 What about existing homes?

]]> By: radon testing sparta new jersey http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-19184 radon testing sparta new jersey Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:02:50 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-19184 Great article. This will help me a lot. Thanks. I just started reading all the blogs. I will bookmark this. Thakns again.

Jim – The Radon Tester.

]]> By: aggiemom http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-14577 aggiemom Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:33:21 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-14577 I do not kno9w who wrote the above because H. R. 1363 is:
“110TH CONGRESS – 1ST SESSION H. R. 1363
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of ‘‘food of minimal nutritional value’’ to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs”. There is NO mention of radon gas.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-13815 Anonymous Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:09:23 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-13815 Have you tried your Congressman?

]]> By: work from home http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/01/resolve-to-protect-your-family-and-kick-radon-out-of-your-home-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-13555 work from home Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:09:03 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=609#comment-13555 As UN International Civil Servants, we were proud of Ms Arbour as High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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