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Study Shows High Radon Levels
In Some Portland Homes
About one in every five hom es
in P o rtla n d m a y c o n ta in
h a za rd o u s le v e ls of ra d o n ,
results from a recent Portland
State University and O regon
H ealth Division study show .
This is more than tw ice the U.S.
rate or the rate for the state as a
whole.
R adon is an odorless, colorless,
rad io activ e gas that is released n atu
rally into the enviro n m en t from soil,
ro ck and groundw ater. R adon entry
into hom es is m ost likely to occu r
through the h o m e s’ foundation. In
poorly ventilated areas, radon c o n
cen trations can increase to levels h az
ard o u s to hum an health.
“O regon hom es on the a v e ra g e
have low er radon levels than the n a
tional average. S om e areas in P o rt
land and o th e r parts o f th e state,
h ow ever, have high levels,** s a id R ay
P aris, m anager o f the O regon H ealth
D iv isio n ’s radiation control section.
“W e ’re encouraging people to te st
th eir h om es fo r rad o n .”
T he federal E nvironm ental P ro
tection A gency (EPA ) attributes o n e
in every seven cases o f lung can cer in
the U.S. to radon gas ex p o su re. E PA
guidelines state th at airb o rn e rad ia
tion readings o f m ore than 4 picocuries
p er liter can be h azard o u s to hum an
health.
T he recent study ex am in ed ab o u t
1,100 hom es in 6 0 Z IP co d e areas
throughout the P o rtland m etro p o li
tan area. A lso, som e n o rth w est O r
egon com m unities o utside the P o rt
land a re a w ere studied, b u t m aps and
com plete d a ta for those areas are n ot
y et available.
In P ortland , eig h t Z IP co d e areas
show high radon p o ten tial, w h ile a n
other 15 Z IP co d e areas ex h ib it m od
erate potential, said S cot B u m s, PSU
associate professor o f geology an d co
co ordinator o f the study w ith Paris.
A reas o f n o rth east P o rtlan d , W est
L inn and north H illsb o ro reco rd ed
the h ighest radon levels (above 4
p icocuries per liter). N early h a lf o f
th e h o m e s te s te d in n o r th e a s t
P o rtlan d ’s A lam ed a R id g e are a re
corded hig h radon levels.
“T h e re ’s strong co rrelatio n b e
tw een high indoor radon levels an d
areas w ith m od erate to high soil p e r
m eab ility ,” said S tu art A shbaugh, a
PSU geology graduate student assist
W illia m R eed
W hen it com es to us gaining
social and econom ic parity in
America, the majority of us seem
to be w aitin g for jesus to come.
In this land o f capitalism and free-
enterprise, the bulk of our kind continu
ally refuse to do anything that makes
econom ic sense when it comes to doing
the type o f things that can help more of us
reach the American Dream. Ask any
African American man or woman you
see, “D o you know the meaning of capi
talism and how it works?,” and they will
tell you, “O f course I do!” But then you
should put the “outcom e” statistics in
front o f them and ask, “T hen how is that
you expect our race to grow when in
1990 w e spent only three cents of each of
the $300 billion we had in our collective
pockets that year with each other?”
Even though statistically we know
that black-ow ned-and-operated busi
nesses have an established back record
o f hiring 80 to 90 percent of their em
ployees from our community, why is it
that they d on’t get the support they need
form the black community? If we know
so m uch about capitalism, why is it that
the m ajority o f us don’t realize that un
less w e retain a larger percentage o f our
m oney in our communities and stimulate
businesses and banks to create jobs and
capital for us, we will always be slaves to
others? T he outcome for our earthly
dream s is that we will have to exhibit our
ow n self-help and independence or wait
until Jesus com es again to save us.
W ho among you doesn’t believe
Earth Saving
Message
Brought To
Portland
C ap tain P lanet, the top anim ated
d efender o f the planet, is spreading
his m essage to P ortlanders. H is visits
this sum m er include July 9 at the
W ashington Park Z oo R oar Faire from
10 a.m . to 4 p.m .
C aptain P lanet, along w ith the
five Planeteers, educate children about
en vironm ental issues such as bio-di-
versity, over-fishing and w ater and
air pol lution, and gives them the pow er
to be p art o f the solution through
recy cling, planting trees, car-pooling
and conserving w ater. T hey encour
age young view ers through creative
ad v en tu res in w hich the planeteers
foil the schem es o f villains w ho c o n
sum e the e a rth ’s resources.
W hoopi G oldberg stars as G aia,
the spirit o f the earth w ho sum m ons
the five planeteers from around the
globe. L eV ar B urton is the voice o f
K w am c, one o f the planeteers. O ther
recurring roles are played by E dw ard
A sner, Jam es C o b u m , T im C urry,
Je ff G oldblum , John R atzenberger,
M a rtin S h e e n , S tin g a n d D e a d
Stockw ell.
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A recent study on radio ¡a the Portland area fa » :
looking fo r information on this potentially deadly gas. The
Lung Association o f Oregon brochure “Facts About Radon,” i
a n s w e rs t o th e m o s t i m p o r t a n t q u e s tio n s a b o u t this colorless, <
kfller. F or your free copy, call 1-8Ô6-LUNG-USA.
ing B u m s w ith the project.
T h e A lam ed a R idge h as highly
p erm eab le so ils th at co n tain granitic
sed im en ts deposited 1 2 ,0 0 0 to 15,000
y ears ago by a m ajor flood. A reas o f
W e st Linn and H illsboro that recorded
h ig h radon levels probably are lo
ca te d near an cien t faults, w hich a c t as
co n d u its for radon reach in g the su r
face, B u m s said.
R adon levels m ay vary greatly
w ith in each neig h b o rh o o d , d ep e n d
ing o n hom e con stru ctio n and soil
c o m p o sitio n d ire c tly b elo w ea ch
h o m e. H om es situated on landslides
o r n ea r faults h av e h ig h er radon p o
tential. A lso, levels can vary w idely
w ith in each hom e. R adon levels often
o u s locations w ithin each te st hom e.
T hey categorized radon po ten tial lev
els in all 60 P o rtlan d Z IP codes. In 39
Z IP code areas, enough h om es w ere
studied to m ake resu lts valid. “M ore
testing needs to be d o n e in the rem ain
ing 21 ZIP codes before conclusive re
T h e fir s t M iss B la ck W o rld
sults can be obtained,” said Bums.
B eauty a n d M o d e lin g Pageant
T he public can p urchase E PA -
w ill ta k e place in D a lla s , Texas
ap p ro v ed radon te st k its an d te st th eir
fo r a w eek b eg in n in g N o v. 7 .
ow n hom es for $ 2 0 to $30. T h e O r
P ageant sponsors are accept-
egon H ealth D iv isio n ’s radiation co n
ing d ire c t-e n try a p p lic a tio n s
trol section has a list o f E PA -ap-
fro m contestants th ro u g h o u t
proved testing co m p an ies that sell
th e n a t io n . A c c o r d in g to
th eir te st kits o r p ro v id e rad o n testin g
services. If high radon levels are d e - ,
tected, the problem is relatively easy
to correct w ith the installation o f f a n s )
are tw ice as high in b asem en t areas
co m p ared to u pstairs living areas.
“ Y ou could b e in a Z IP co d e area
w ith a high av erag e radon level b u t
liv e in a p articu lar are a th a t’s g eo
lo g ically low in rad o n ,” said B um s.
“ T h a t’s w hy w e’re especially en co u r
ag in g peo p le living in areas reco rd
in g m oderate an d high levels o f radon
to te st th eir h o m es.”
F o r the P o rtlan d study, scientists
g ath ered radon readings in hom es for
a m in im u m o f th ree m onths in v a ri
to recirculate air o r by freq u en t o p e n - .
ing o f w indow s. C o st for co rrectin g a
radon problem typically ranges from
$300 to $2,000.
M aps o f rad o n potential areas
and literature ab o u t radon are a v a il
able to the p ublic. A com plete list o f
test results broken dow n by Z IP code
is also available. F o r m ore in fo rm a
tion contact the O reg o n H ealth D iv i
sion, R adiation C ontrol S ectio n ,S u ite
7 0 5 ,8 0 0 N .E. M ultnom ah S t., P o rt
land, O R 97232, o r call 7 3 M 2 7 2 .
Pageant Seeks Contestants
that Heaven helps those who help them
selves? When are we going to look around
and see the answer to our economic
woes? Although Asians have less than
20 percent of the population numbers of
African Americans, they have a record of
spending 80 cents out of each o f their
dollars with each other. W hile Asians
seem to go out of their normal way to buy
from each other, the record shows that
blacks seem to go out of their way to
avoid their population, but they control
three times their number in the nation’s
wealth. Jews also buy form each other,
sell to each other and mostly hire only
eachother. Neither Jewish people, Asians
or Arabs placed gaining their American
on political empowerment the way we
did. Neither Whites, Jews nor Asians
consider politicians to be their “lead
ers,” they simply us them as “public
servants” to make, pass and enforce laws
to enable them to have commerce as they
wish.
W e each have daily need that have
to be addressed. W hen will we realize
that the power o f the consumer dollar,
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On the other hand, the Lord knows
that Divine help needs to be given to
many black entrepenuers. They have to
leant effectively that in the land o f capi
talism and mutual support grows from
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shoes from a Brother’s Bailey’s outlet,
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businessperson to hire and train one, or
more, o f us. Since the 1980s the num ber
o f black families making $50,000 a year
has increased from 762,000 to 1.2 mil
lion families and the numbers of those of
us in managerial and professional spe
cialty occupations grew form 1 million
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