Radon Leaders Saving Lives
Radon is a silent killer
January 14, 2009 • Tony Di Domizio
On Feb. 8, 2006, Gloria Linnertz, of Waterloo, Ill., lost her husband, Joe, to lung cancer.
That same day, Joe became a statistic — he was one of more than 21,000 people who die each year of radon-induced lung cancer in the United States.
"He led a very healthy lifestyle," said Gloria, who is vice president of the national group Cancer Survivors Against Radon. "When we asked the oncologist how he could have gotten lung cancer, he said, 'Smoking,' but Joe hadn't smoked in 27 years.
