Health committee  It dissipates. There are groups that are actually trying to assist first nation communities in this. I could provide you with information about that.

Health committee  To clarify, the building code at the moment does not require a fan, just a pipe.

Health committee  I personally have not, but there have been people across the country who have done work on first nations and Métis housing. There are people who could answer that question better than I could. It depends on the quality of how well the houses were built. Also, if houses were built

Health committee  So you can imagine that it would....

Health committee  I think one of the things that the real estate agents are concerned about is that if someone has a house that tests high, then no one is going to want to purchase that house. But the evidence in the States where there are requirements for disclosure has been that people actually

Health committee  I think I know the answer to that. Most of the buildings have been tested. Kelley Bush probably has a better answer to this, but I believe the majority of them have been tested or are being finalized as being tested, yes.

Health committee  I'm not a radon remediator—I'll just put that out there—but one thing we're grappling with is that even with the new building stock, the building code does not have a requirement to test the home before people occupy it. In part that's because as you're building a home it's open

Health committee  Kathleen Cooper's work has suggested a tax credit and there also are tax credits or different kinds of financial incentives that can be done through loans for renovation. Quebec does have a loan renovation program for which one can apply. They've just added radon to that as well,

Health committee  You should also have a slide deck from me. It says “Radon and Lung Cancer” on it. I recognize I am the very last person, and I appreciate your persistence. Luckily many people have also spoken to a number of the points that I wish to discuss, so I will go very quickly over the fi

Health committee  As epidemiologists we have what are called hierarchies of evidence in which we evaluate studies based on how well they're done. There are specific ingredients that are necessary in order to consider a body of literature valid. It is the basis of my field and it is what we use.

Health committee  If I may address that, Hedy, I think the answer is yes. I think it's necessary. We need labelling. We need awareness. We need government leadership. People aren't necessarily going to believe what a manufacturer says by themselves, because they're trying to sell you something. So

Health committee  I can speak to that although only in part, recognizing that my role is not to discuss the health impacts per se. I was brought on more as a person to understand public perception and risk perception. But the process was that we were given a very specific question to answer: to ev

Health committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me. My name is Anne-Marie Nicol. I am a Ph.D. epidemiologist trained at the University of B.C. in the faculty of medicine. I'm a professor at Simon Fraser University. I also work at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. My usual area of exper