Promoting Radon Testing, Disclosure, and Remediation: Protecting Public Health Through the Home Mortgage Market

November 1990

Citation:

ELR 10475

Issue

Author

Paul A. Locke

Editors' Summary: Radon exposure in the home poses one of the greatest cancer risks of any environmental pollutant. However, responses by homeowners to the radon threat have been complacent. In this Article, the author discusses the reasons for this complacency and describes current efforts to educate the public about radon. The author concludes that existing efforts are inadequate and recommends a two-part national strategy that makes radon testing and disclosure an integral part of home sales.

Mr. Locke is a Senior Attorney with the Environmental Law Institute and Director of the Institute's Center for Public Health and Law. His areas of research include indoor air issues, medical waste, and hazardous waste. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law and Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. The author would like to thank Philip Warburg, Andrew Moyad, and Denise Antolini, his past and present colleagues at the Institute, for their assistance in analyzing the issues and developing the theories presented in this Article.

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