Scott and Scott Inc. Home Inspection Service Radon in Water Testing

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Scott and Scott Inc. Home Inspection Services

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Dangers of Radon Gas

Scott and Scott Inc. recommends testing for radon in your water supply. In September of 1998, the National Academy of Sciences released scientific data on the public health risks of radon in drinking water. This report confirms that there are drinking water related cancers and cancer deaths, primarily due to lung cancer.

Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's web site for more information or follow this link http://www.epa.gov/radon/rnwater.html

This is an excerpt from the EPA's web site on radon in water:

"Radon is a naturally-occurring radioactive gas that emits ionizing radiation. National and international scientific organizations have concluded that radon causes lung cancer in humans. Most of the radon in indoor air comes from the breakdown of uranium in soil beneath homes. Breathing radon from the indoor air in homes is the primary public health risk from radon, contributing to about 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States, according to a 1999 landmark report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on radon in indoor air. The U.S. Surgeon General has warned that radon in indoor air is the second leading cause of lung cancer. EPA and the U.S. Surgeon General recommend testing all homes and apartments located below the third floor for radon in indoor air. If you smoke and your home has high indoor radon levels, your risk of lung cancer is especially high.

Radon from tap water is a smaller source of radon in indoor air. Only about 1-2 percent of radon in indoor air comes from drinking water. However breathing radon released to air from household water uses increases the risk of lung cancer over the course of your lifetime. Ingestion of drinking water containing radon also presents a risk of internal organ cancers, primarily stomach cancer. This risk is smaller than the risk of developing lung cancer from radon released to air from tap water. Based on a second 1999 NAS report on radon in drinking water, EPA estimates that radon in drinking water causes about 168 cancer deaths per year, 89 percent from lung cancer caused by breathing in radon released from water, and 11 percent from stomach cancer caused by drinking radon-containing water."

Read more at the U.S. Environmental Protection agency's web site: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/radon/fact.html

Key Benefits of Testing for Radon in Your Drinking Water

Knowing that your drinking water does not contain elevated levels of radon gas.
Reselling your home and knowing that your drinking water is safe.
Avoiding cancer from radon in your drinking water.

Can Radon in water contribute to your risk of developing cancer?

There are many factors than can effect your risk for developing lung cancer. The risk that you and your family will experience from drinking and taking showers with water containing radon is determined by several factors. These include the concentration in the water, the amount of what that you drink, and the number and length of showers you take. Other factors include the number of years that you have been exposed to elevated levels of radon, the amount of ventilation in your bathroom, your smoking history, and the number and types of sources of radon in all the buildings that you have lived and worked in.

In most homes and buildings, the primary lung cancer risk results from breathing air contaminated with soil gas entering through openings in the foundation or slab. In homes that use private wells, radon in the water many contribute to the radon exposure and resulting lung cancer risk. Occupants of these homes will be inhaling radon gas that leaves the water during showering and other water uses. Occupants exposed to radon while drinking the water may also increase lung exposure. This may occur as a result of radon being absorbed in the stomach and carried to the lungs by the blood stream. There is still controversy over the risk associated with ingested radon and there is continuing research in this area.

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