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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dear Alan regarding your excellent questions below, I
would have included these two: <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (1)
Did you test your incoming water and air for Radon?<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (2) Do
you live in a State like NY, MA, NC, that allow its residents to be
poisoned by Polonium-218, -214 & -210 because corrupt EPA officials
excluded Radon-222 (not its Alpha-emitting progeny) from the 15 pCi/L Gross
Alpha MCL the Radionuclides Rule of 1976, as discussed in my Radon Petition
linked to <a href="http://www.gfxtechnology.com/Radon.html">http://www.gfxtechnology.com/Radon.html</a>?<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b><u>NOTE</u></b>: Earlier this year, a s<span style="background: white;">pecial offer was made by
ETR Laboratories (</span>800-344-9977<span style="background: white;">) and the Water Systems
Council (</span>888-395-1033<span style="background: white;">) giving a 25% discount
towards the cost of a health scan water well testing kit, which included a test
for Radon-222; the longest-lived, most deadly water soluble Radon isotope in
the U-238 decay series. Recently, ETR charged $25 x 2 to test for Radon at
water meter and bathroom faucet. These and three others are @ <a href="http://www.gfxtechnology.com/ETR-6.pdf">http://www.gfxtechnology.com/ETR-6.pdf</a>.
Pages 1 & 2 correspond to a house in Naples, Fl equipped with a $7,500
WaterSoft filtration system. Naples is located south of Florida’s </span>Bone Valley Uranium mines. Page 3 corresponds to
a home equipped with a whole-house Mermaid filtration system and pg. 3 for a
house in Wading River, LI equipped with a $3,500 WateRx model WH5. Obviously,
none of these systems eliminate Rn-222. Some implications of these test
results, as well as Field tests in 18 in homes in North Carolina are presented
@ <a href="http://www.gfxtechnology.com/BVW.html">http://www.gfxtechnology.com/BVW.html</a>, which contains graphs showing how quickly the GA-MCL is exceeded by Po-218 & 214 in Tom Brinkman's filtered tap water. </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Depending
on how much Radon is found, water aeration and/or depressurization may be essential to
clear bathrooms and homes of "Polonium-Smog" like that measured measured by Vinson, et al. [1] </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Vegan's should be especially concerned, because "<span style="line-height: 22.8150005340576px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><i>High-phosphate fertilizers may worsen the problem, since uranium tends to associate with phosphates. In 1975, Philip Morris scientists wondered whether the secret to tobacco growers’ longevity in the Caucasus might be that farmers there avoided phosphate fertilizers.</i></b></span>" [2]</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> After reading this, I hope you and more than a few GB-Forum members will sign my Radon Petition then spend $25 bucks to protect their loved ones.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Happy New Year,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dr. Carmine F. Vasiie</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">[1] “<b><i><u><span style="color:blue">Radon
transfer from groundwater used in showers to indoor air</span></u></i></b>”, by David S. Vinson, Ted R. Campbell, Avner Vengosh, J.
Appl. Geochemistry, June 7, 2008</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">[2] "<b>Puffing
on Polonium</b>"<b>, </b>by ROBERT N. PROCTOR, (NY Times, 12/1/06 @ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01proctor.html?_r=0" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01proctor.html?_r=0</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><div><hr id="stopSpelling"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:57:26 -0800<br>From: 9watts@gmail.com<br>To: greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] state of the art stove/bathroom exhaust fans?<br><br></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Alan Abrams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@abramsdesignbuild.com" target="_blank">alan@abramsdesignbuild.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></font><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">more generally, what about the role of any exhaust system? </font></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">how does depressurization affect other conditions and systems? </font></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">is there an ERV, and if so, is it balanced to admit compensatory make-up air? are there any combustion systems, or fireplaces with imperfect flue dampers? </font></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">No ERV, but one wood stove that burns for an average of 2~ hrs/day & draws combustion air from inside the living space. <br></font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">is it possible to reduce the number of exhaust openings, by collecting air from individual spaces with a central fan? </font></div></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">That is very tempting. Kitchen and bathroom in this (my first) situation are adjacent, but my introduction to at least the recommended Panasonic unit suggests that the business end is meant to be flush mounted rather than placed upstream of multiple branch lines. <br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">What about the routing of the exhaust line; given it will tend to be at ambient conditions, how is the line insulated, and how well does the damper work? </font></div></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Suggestions most welcome. <br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">How does the new requirement for make-up air for range hoods greater than 400cfm come into play? </font></div></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">? <br></font></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">these factors may have as much as--or more significance than--the fan unit itself.</font></div></div></blockquote><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">These are some of the reasons I've so far steered clear of this. A comprehensive, well-thought-out solution seems very worthwhile but at this point still eludes me. <br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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