Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   RADON and GLOBAL WARMING Date:   4/7/2014 1:39:19 PM

OK Maj, you had me going there with the title to this thread.  I thought you were going to show me where some yahoo claimed that global warming caused radon or vice versa........which given the fact that every other natural phenomenom is caused by or made worse by global warming......which pretty much hasn't happened for 15-17 years......I had naturally assumed the worst.

As for radon, I do believe it is much ado about almost nothing.  But like a good many other environmental issues you have a much higher standard of care when it comes to unvoluntary risk.  How else can you explain govt agencies that cause my clients to spend millions to protect people from an excess cancer risk of 1 in a million while people are engaging in behavior that increases their risk of cancer by 1 in 3?  The key issue is the perception of voluntary  risk compared to involuntary.  The former is easily dismissed or accepted, the latter causes spasms of anger, fear and loathing.  However in this case, you have a cottage industry that thrives on the radon scare.