Comment 52946

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted December 10, 2010 at 11:33:47

The economics you mention, Ted, only make a stronger case for a collaborative approach in which one detector can take readings at many homes, and warn people when they should be installing longer-term devices. It's like lead pipes - not the end of the world, just something to take reasonable measures against.

If there's a reason for highly varying amounts of radon, I'd suspect it has something to do with tight building envelopes. All sorts of nasty toxins and allergens get concentrated in "well insulated" homes that don't breathe. That leads to things like sick building syndrome. It's a shortcut to more "green" and "efficient" housing, and it isn't a good one. Polyurethane spray foam may be cheap and easy, but it isn't a substitute for good design or construction.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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