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...lawyer in Santa Ana, Calif. Since then, he has won mold settlements as large as $978,000 and says he gets 50 calls a week from potential clients. Steve Temes, an industrial hygienist in Red Bank, N.J., charges $150 an hour for mold inspections. "I used to do radon and lead testing," he says. "But there was no demand...
When Rachel and I bought and renovated this 1935 Cape Cod in Bethesda, Md., three years ago, we did the usual engineering, radon and termite inspections. But like most other new homeowners, we knew nothing about what might be brewing behind the walls. Neither of us had any symptoms that might indicate this was a sick house. We had had a series of roof leaks over the past year, though. Were we next...
...halted, but the EPA will be forbidden from enforcing current regulations regarding storm water runoff, sewage overflow and toxic dumping. Hundreds of millions of dollars that the EPA provides to assist states in paying for water and sewage treatment plants will be eliminated. The EPA's influence in curbing radon in drinking water and cancer-causing substances in food will be eviscerated. Guidelines and programs to decrease air pollution will be scrapped or reduced in funding. Even the ban on chlorofluorocarbons--the chemical responsible for ozone depletion--is now subject to further review...
...Radon gas may be responsible for up to one tenth of all lung cancer deaths in the U.S., says a new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. According to the Journal, Radon seeping into homes from the ground may cause an estimated 14,400 lung cancer deaths, and may be responsible for 30 percent of lung cancer deaths in nonsmokers. The study's conclusions are based on an analysis of hard-rock miners who had cancer and had been exposed to radon at work. The authors are quick to note that their results should be interpreted with...
Alar on apples, radon in homes, asbestos in schools. the U.S. appears to ricochet from one environmental crisis to another, with the result that policy aimed at reducing risks to human health frequently appears to make little economic or scientific sense. Even some environmentalists concur that decisions to rip asbestos out of school buildings were probably ill considered. In many cases, sealing the dangerous fibers in place would have provided a more prudent and less costly remedy. Similarly, while no one denies that homes with high levels of radon pose a health hazard requiring prompt attention, what about houses with...