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19 Dec '12, 1pm

Radon Measure for Schools and Apartment Buildings Fails at Code Hearings: Three groups testify against the new r...

During a national meeting of code officials in Portland, Maine in October, a majority of the participants voted in favor of a proposal to require radon-resistant construction in schools and apartment buildings. But the vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to make the measure a code requirement in high-risk areas. Only The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the National Multi-Housing Council, and one code official testified against the new protections from radon. “I expected more from the NAHB,” said Claire Barnett, executive director of the Healthy Schools Network. “The families they sell to and the parents we talk to surely care deeply about children’s exposures to radon at home and at school.” The American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific, Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSAR), and the American Association of Radiation Scientists and Tec...

Full article: http://www.edcmag.com/articles/94829-radon-measure-for-sc...

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Code With Clarity Posted by planetmcd on December 19, 2012 — 0 comments My colleague at MojoTech, David Leal, just publish...

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Schools – Link Up with LinkedIn

Schools – Link Up with LinkedIn

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Registering a school on LinkedIn is relatively simple and a basic profile can be added free of charge. Many schools nowada...

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VIDEO: @SpikeLee Schools Pablo Prigioni On What Sneakers He Should Wear Posted on December 19, 2012 by MarcoPoloNY This en...

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DCI, Concerns and Readable Code Posted by brynary on December 19, 2012 — 0 comments I just published a blog post about DCI...