The most direct way to assess the risks posed by radon in homes is to measure radon exposures among people who have lung cancer and compare them with exposures among people who have not developed lung cancer. Several such studies have been completed, and several are under way. The studies have not produced a definitive answer, primarily because the risk is likely to be very small at the low exposure encountered from most homes and because it is difficult to estimate radon exposures that people have received over their lifetimes. In addition, it is clear that far more lung cancers are caused by smoking than are caused by radon.
The BEIR VI REPORT,
"The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon 1999 "
The Fifth Gilbert W. Beebe Webinar: Radiation Health
https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-19-2021/the-fifth-gilbert-w-beebe-webinar-radiation-health
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