October 16-22-Radon Action Week
October 29-Nov. 2-American Public Health Association Conference, Denver, CO, booth
December 2–National Radon Action Plan Committee meeting–DC
December 11-13–AARST advocacy training–participant–Baltimore
2017
January–Radon Action Month
January 22-25- ASHI Conference, Las Vegas NV-booth
March 8-9-American Nurses Association Conference, Tampa, FL-booth
March 19-22 National Home Performance Conference and Trade Show, Nashville, TN-booth
TBA March, ALA Allegheny County PA Radon Stakeholders Workshop, Pittsburgh PA
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Past Present Future, Lane Price MD -- AARST Conference 2016 -- San Diego 2016
Dr. Lane Mathis Price, Director and Radiation Oncologist at Decatur General Oncology Center, is one of the few oncologists who insist on patients having their home tested for radon. "People come into my office and say Doc Price I just don't understand it. How can this happen to me? I don't smoke. Nobody ever smokes around me. How can I have lung cancer?
The U.S. EPA ranks radon as the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. According to Dr. Price, if a lung cancer patient with no history of smoking determines she has been exposed to elevated radon concentrations in her home for a number of years, it is reasonable to conclude that radon was the likely cause.
Dr. Price readily acknowledges that many oncologists are so focused on lung cancer treatment they give little thought to a cause other than smoking. For most non-smoking victims, the
likely explanation remains a mystery.
Dr. Lane Price, Radiation Oncologist