Comments about ‘Homeowners should test for radon, experts say’

Oh boy, more cancer taxes for those who don't shield their homes from Radon. Make it easy and use the same rate as cigarette taxes, $5/day 365 days a year. And here we thought it was 2nd hand smoke causing all this cancer. What are the hate mongers going to do now? Pay their share of cancer taxes or whine to god?

Radon and cancer have been known to be high in this state for over 70 years and the state government used it to blame cigarettes to raise exorbitant taxes using hate and lies.

Radon is not something you can control or prevent unless you bury a 6 inch by 10 foot lead barrier around the property. Radon is similar to nuclear gamma radiation with the same characteristics and health risks. Radon is the term for the natural ground generated gamma radiation.

Maybe the state should add a zoning law that would require all developments be tested for Radon before any development, then build homes and business accordingly. Then stop the installation of basements in homes that concentrate the radiation.

My mother died of cancer, including in her lungs. We tested the house in which she lived for over 50 years and the radon was off the charts. I knew it was an issue where I lived in the East, but never heard much about it in Utah. Now I wonder how my siblings and I will be affected. Test and remediate, folks. This is the real deal.

Don't believe this garbage. Radon wasn't a big deal until someone figured out they could make a buck off of it.

Remember, according to the media everything causes cancer. You'd better live in a plastic bubble for the rest of your life just to be safe. Of course the fumes from the plastic would probably cause cancer too.

Live your lives people! Quit worrying about what **might** kill you someday.

Man does not add a single minute to his life through worry.