Lung Cancer in South Carolina...

  • will be diagnosed in approximately 3,900 SC citizens in 2011.
  • will tragically take the lives of approximately 2,910 South Carolinians in 2011, as well.
  • is grossly underfunded, unidentified, and stigmatized.
  • is ravaging and must be cured.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Palmetto Parent reports: Radon can be a silent killer


Health official encourages families across the state to test their homes for deadly radon - free
By Michael Burns - Staff Writer
Monica Pryor of Greenville, SC believes the killer crept into her home from under ground — unseen, unheard and unknown. The odorless, colorless, tasteless gas poisoned the air. She developed terminal lung cancer at age 36. Her husband and three young children are now preparing for life on their own. “My surgeon says that my cancer either came from smoking, asbestos or chemicals, or radon,” Pryor said. “The other two are not possible. Most likely it is cancer from radon.”

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