The cost of radon mitigation at Kadena averages $4,500 per home — well more than the $1,200 typical cost cited in a Colorado State University fact sheet — because of asbestos testing before drilling, transport of equipment from the United States and the higher Japanese labor rate, Pinnau said.
Kadena officials say they will test on-base homes in Okinawa by request. In one case, a home registered a reading of 110 pCi/L and the family was moved within a week, Pinnau said.
In cases where the radon reading is only slightly above the EPA action level, the family isn’t generally offered new on-base quarters.
Multiple Okinawa residents said the longer they wait for mitigation, the more their concern grows.
“Our hands are tied, and it’s frustrating,” Suess-Whisenant said.
If the family lived in a rental house in the U.S., “we’d find a way. If it
was our own home,
we’d find a contractor. My hands wouldn’t be this tied, as they are here. We don’t have the options.”
Twitter: @eslavin_stripes
~~
Households can literally fall apart as a woman struggles with illness, adding an unnecessary level of suffering to an already difficult situation.
The fund covers
women who have
been diagnosed with
cancer, including:
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Endometrial cancer
Ovarian cancer
Uterine cancer
Stomach cancer
Esophageal
cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Lung cancer
Thousands of women facing cancer also face crushing financial burdens. With time off work, insurance co-pays and the extra expenses which accompany cancer, even the basic expenses of daily living often go unmet. And when a woman has cancer, her family also “has” cancer. Her spouse, children and even grandchildren share the pain.
WOMEN CANCER FUND
The Women’s Cancer Fund pays for the myriad of non-medical expenses associated with cancer. The result: your gift helps ease a woman’s burden and lifts her spirit.
27
... "Families Struggle" continued from pg 26