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  2. Health effects of radon - Wikipedia

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    The results of a methodical ten-year-long, case-controlled study of residential radon exposure in Worcester County, Massachusetts, found an apparent 60% reduction in lung cancer risk amongst people exposed to low levels (0–150 Bq/m 3) of radon gas; levels typically encountered in 90% of American homes—an apparent support for the idea of ...

  3. Sayre, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Sayre Public Schools is a school district serving the cities of Sayre and Elk City in Oklahoma. [13] It includes the following schools: Sayre Elementary School; Sayre Middle School; Sayre High School; In 1994–5, the district was the defendant in a liability suit eventually decided by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. [14]

  4. Background radiation - Wikipedia

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    Radon is thus assumed to be the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, and accounts for 15,000 to 22,000 cancer deaths per year in the US alone. [9] [better source needed] However, the discussion about the opposite experimental results is still going on. [10] About 100,000 Bq/m 3 of radon was found in Stanley Watras's basement in 1984.

  5. Red Oak, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Total enrollment in the 2018–2019 academic year was 314 students, an increase of almost 75 percent in the past decade. The high school was named one of America's Best High Schools in 2017 by U.S. News & World Report. The school is a one-to-one technology school and boasts programs in STEM, technology, 4-H, FCCLA, FFA, and art.

  6. Tulsa metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    A portion of the Jenks Public School District extends east of the Arkansas River encompassing a part of the city of Tulsa south of 91st street. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 26,017, compared to 16,924 in 2010, an increase of 49.4 percent.

  7. Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up ...

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    The lofty dollar has sent gold prices down 4.4% this week to $2,565, bringing the monthly loss so far to a sizeable 6.5%. Brent crude futures fell 90 cents to $71.66, on the prospect of U.S ...

  8. Phosphogypsum - Wikipedia

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    The construction industry is the number one user of phosphogypsum in 2020, with 10.5 Mt used as concrete set retarder and 3.5 Mt used in drywall. [13] It is also used as a chemical feedstock for producing sulfates , and as a soil conditioner similar to regular gypsum. [ 14 ]

  9. Lawton, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Located in western Oklahoma, approximately 87 mi (140 km) southwest of Oklahoma City, [8] [9] it is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma, metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 census , Lawton's population was 90,381, making it the sixth-largest city in the state, and the largest in Western Oklahoma .