Comments on: Science Wednesday:Five Letter Word for an Inert, Radioactive Gas http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas EPA's Blog About Our World Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: radon newburgh http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-51601 radon newburgh Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:26:48 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-51601 Thanks for blogging about radon gas. I wish that more people would know about the affects of radon gas. It affectes more then 20,000 people in the USA every year and all you need to do to solve radon gas problem in you home is to put a radon mitigation system in!

]]> By: Grace http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-47704 Grace Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:09:31 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-47704 Thanks for writing a simple and clear explanation of what radon is and how it can be a health risk.

]]> By: Jeffrey Levy http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46380 Jeffrey Levy Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:43:25 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46380 Hi Pramod. Yes, radon is very harmful to people.

According to http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html#overview on our website:
“Radon is estimated to cause many thousands of deaths each year. That’s because when you breathe air containing radon, you can get lung cancer. In fact, the Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today. Only smoking causes more lung cancer deaths.”

A graph on that page shows that radon causes about 21,000 deaths each year in the U.S. from lung cancer.

]]> By: kiyohisa tanada http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46232 kiyohisa tanada Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:45:31 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46232 “Fear I of the radon gas” knew it for the first time.
The human does not know it,
I think so that “an unconfirmed material” kills a human being.
I want to know it more.

]]> By: John http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46231 John Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:43:41 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46231 U.S. was complicated nation: The people, science, art, military, culture and environment.

]]> By: John Matrin http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46230 John Matrin Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:41:58 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46230 In my view there needs to be more attention paid to the impact of the decisions we are making today on our country tomorrow.

]]> By: Pramod http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46229 Pramod Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:23:07 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46229 Sir i read the full post. I have a question in my mind.

Is RADON harmful for us?

Regards
Pramod

]]> By: Pramod http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46228 Pramod Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:21:09 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46228 Sir, Jack Barnette
I read the full post but I didn’t got my answer.

Is RADON harmful for health?

Regards
Prestige

]]> By: Arman http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/01/science-wednesdayfive-letter-word-for-an-inert-radioactive-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-46146 Arman Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:03:45 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=11524#comment-46146 Radon ? Go Ahead…..!

U.S. was complicated nation: The people, science, art, military, culture and environment. All aspects, could be problem by anyone at that time. The people have passions to debate anything, every time in every place. Saludos…! But in the other countries, the people doesn’t know how about radon and they don’t care it. Too clean and either to fabricate…..

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