There currently are two active bills in the Illinois House of Representatives regarding radon.
HB1425 creates the Illinois Radon Awareness Act.
HB 1660 designates January as Radon Awareness Month. Hopefully, this bill will be amended to read Radon Action Month.
You can follow progress of these bills at the following links:
HB1425
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1425&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=30215&SessionID=51
HB1660
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus_pf.asp?DocNum=1660&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=30474&GAID=9&SessionID=51&GA=95
Link to legislators
If you aren’t sure who your legislative contacts are or need the address, this link will provide that information.
http://www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator/AddressSearch.aspx
Proposed letter to legislators
Here is a sample letter that you can copy and paste onto your letter head.
Two bills, House Bill 1425, Illinois Radon Awareness Act, and House Bill 1660, Radon Action Month were unanimously voted out of the Environmental Health Committee on March 6, 2007.
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. EPA estimates that there are approximately 22,000 radon related deaths per year due to radon induced lung cancer.
Passage of these bills will greatly increase awareness regarding this important public health and safety issue.
The following acknowledgements regarding this legislation are due:
Gloria Linnertz for her tireless efforts in initiating this legislation.
Bill sponsors and co-sponsors: Representatives Dan Reitz, Karen May, Karen A. Yarbrough, Brandon W. Pheleps, Patrick J. Verschoore, Daniel V. Beiser, David Reis, and Elizabeth Coulson.
Illinois Association of Realtors and Illinois Home Inspectors Association for assistance in drafting bill.
Your support of this legislation is requested and greatly appreciated.
Possible Letter To Senator
House Bills 1425 and 1660 are currently under consideration in the House.
House Bill 1425 creates the Illinois Radon Awareness Act.
House Bill 1660 designates January as Radon Awareness Month.
Both of these bills address a serious public health and safety issue in the State of Illinois. In the Western suburbs, approximately 45% of the houses have radon in excess of the 4.0 pCi/L action level.
The amended House Bill 1425 was jointly written by Representative Dan Reitz, the Illinois Association of Realtors and the Illinois Home Inspectors Association. It is currently Co-Sponsored by five additional Representatives with Representative Karen May as Chief Co-Sponsor.
Assuming that these Bills pass out of the House, I am asking that you support and shepherd these Bills through the Senate.
If you have any questions regarding radon, please contact me.
2 comments:
Calvin,
Thank you so much for your efforts to raise awareness about radon!
I speak on cancer prevention and am shocked how little the average health conscious person knows about radon. I live in Minnesota where the Department of Health recently sent out an alert that one in three homes has abnormal levels. Statistically, this means that one out of a hundred Minnesotas will develop lung cancer from radon in their homes, and entirely avoidable cause. I recently spoke at a healthy life expo at the Minneapolis convention center. The people attending the convention were obviously interested in health, but only two individuals I spoke to had had their homes tested for radon. These same people were in contrast well versed in many things that, if they do contribute to cancer risk, it is quite minimal.
Thanks for your efforts!!!
Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time"
http://www.avoidcancernow.com
Responding to lynne eldridge,m.d.
From Calvin
Actually the credit for this legislation has to go to Gloria Linnertz. Her story is at http://www.kmov.com/health/asseenonnews4/stories/kmov_localnews_070119_radon.5894bf36.html
Gloria is being very successful in her efforts. Iand the others are just giving her support.
Are you also aware of the cansar.org site?
Thanks for your post.
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