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Good news: you might not need to add a radon tank to the hot tub you already own. The control group for [2] was people who did not do any hot spring bathing at
by odyssey7 2y ago
Good news: you might not need to add a radon tank to the hot tub you already own. The control group for [2] was people who did not do any hot spring bathing at all during an average week, so their methodology does not explore the significance of the radon itself.
- A_D_E_P_T 2y agoThe interesting thing is that they didn't find a higher incidence of lung, esophageal, and other soft-tissue cancers in elderly folks who bath in radon springs more than once a week. The blood pressure reduction probably has more to do with heat exposure than with radon itself. Seems to me that regular exposure to a normal sauna or hot spring would probably elicit similar results.
- odyssey7 2y agoIt was a straw poll. A sampling bias is that none of the people who had died of cancer responded.
- A_D_E_P_T 2y agoPeople don't die of cancer instantly -- in many cases, it's pretty indolent, and "alive with cancer"/"in remission" are fairly common statuses. This would surely be picked up in the respondent data.
- odyssey7 2y agoIf I were dying of cancer, odds are good that I would have ended up in the control group for not being especially proactive about visiting the hot springs. The authors of [2] explain this limitation themselves: "Some study limitations should be considered. ... healthier people may have been more likely to bathe in the radon hot springs."