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Only 4,000 drownings per year in the USA. Radon is estimated to cause 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year. So definitely not, at least in the modern era.
by bcrosby95 4y ago
Only 4,000 drownings per year in the USA. Radon is estimated to cause 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year. So definitely not, at least in the modern era.
- bobsmooth 4y agoThe Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed nearly a quarter million.
- briHass 4y agoThose radon numbers, however, are largely based on the same LNT calculations of risk criticized in this article. Most of the guidelines are based on questionable epidemiology with very small sample sizes (when excluding the major confounder, smoking) and results in the typical 1.1-1.2 odds ratio for a relatively rare disease (in non-smokers, of course.)
- slackdog 4y agoIf you want to get particular, those 'radon deaths' are actually caused by the various radioactive decay products of radon, rather than radon itself. Particularly, radioactive isotopes of polonium, lead, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon#Daughters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon#Daughters