Statistically from 50% to 80% of smokers will contract Lung Cancer. As a smoker living in a house with Radon levels of 0.5 pCi/L. (8 times lower than what is considered the maximum acceptable level) your chances of dying of lung cancer increase 10 times that of a smoker living in a house without Radon.
At 0.4 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 0.3%
At 1.3 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 0.9%
At 2.0 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 1.5% (2x more than dying in car crash)
At 4.0 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 2.9% (100x more than dying in a plane crash)
At 8.0 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 5.7%
At 10 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 7.1% (100x more than dying house fire)
At 20 pCi/L your chance of getting cancer is 13.5% (100x more than drowning)
At 0.4 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is less than 0.1%
At 1.3 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is less than 0.1%
At 2.0 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is 0.1%
At 4.0 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is 0.2%
At 8.0 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is 0.3%
At 10 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is 0.4%
At 20 pCi/L your chances of getting cancer is 0.8%
(EPA 1992- A citizen's guide to Radon --2nd ed.)
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