It seems that the data is very selective and misrepresents the reality of “military housing”. There are approximately 800 US bases around the world, yet only 8 were used in the evaluation. In just the US alone there are approximately 197 bases, yet only 1 US base was used in the evaluation. This is not counting the thousands of official “sites” maintained by the DoD or the secretive shadow bases throughout the world. I feel the sample group of 8 bases was unnecessarily inadequate to draw any conclusions from and that the title of the article “Radon in Military Housing” is completely misleading.

The article states that these 8 bases represent 41% of government-owned and government-controlled (GO-GC) military housing worldwide. Here is the rub, most military housing is managed by private companies. So, by only focusing on GO-GC they have chosen to ignore the vast majority of military housing.

Having spent over 22 years on active duty, this report looks like someone wanted to take a trip to Asia, on the governments expense, and used this study as an excuse. I once made a similar trip, and did not even have to publish a report.

On a separate, but somewhat related note I want to offer some anecdotal information for what it is worth. In the past 3 years I have radon tested approximately 300 military houses on Scott AFB, IL. I can also state that in 1990 the military housing I lived in on Yokota AB, Japan was tested with an Alpha track type device.

What an odd assortment of base locations. Having spent 22 years on Active Duty and being familiar with some of those bases as well as having spent 12+ years in the radon business I have some issues with that report.

I use and am happy with the Recon by Rad Elec.

Relax Ed, it was a joke.

The "radon pro" must be a Republican, "build the wall".