The care I received at Vancouver General Hospital was excellent, although everyone I came into contact with asked me the same question, ”So you smoked ?”
”No, ” I would reply. ”You must have worked with smokers then.” Again my answer was no. When I mention that radon is a poisonous and deadly gas and my exposure to it was in Ottawa, people look amazed - I am not sure they believe me sometimes.
I am sharing my experience because I want to urge family physicians and the medical community to get behind the indisputable fact that exposure to radon gas causes lung cancer. I would like to see the government pass legislation that requires all homes, workplaces and schools to be tested. And lastly, | ask all homeowners and renters to test where they live, and urge everyone they come into contact with to do the same — radon-induced lung cancer is real and can be prevented.
*1 becquerel is equal to 1 radioactive disintegration per second. picocuries per litre (pCi/L) (United States) 1 pCi/L is equal to 37 Bq/m3. 200 Bq/m3 is equal to 5.4 pCi/L.
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