ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY UPDATE ARTICLES

RADON - AS BAD AS THEY SAY? 

The risks of dying from lung cancer caused by naturally occurring radon gas in the home may be much less than previously suspected, says a report in the journal New Scientist. The study, by the Columbia University Center for Radiation Research, questions the extrapolations researchers have made from deaths among uranium miners. 

(Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/15/99)  

Radon gas is common in the tristate area primarily due to the underlying geology but has only become a potential problem in poorly ventilated structures and rooms below grade 

-Christopher Orzechowski