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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. 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.

  6. 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 ]

  7. 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.

  8. Timothy C. Collins - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    From April 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Timothy C. Collins joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 12.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a 2.5 percent return from the S&P 500.

  9. Environmental impact of fracking - Wikipedia

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    The magnitude of these events is too small to be detected at the surface, being of magnitude M-3 to M-1 usually. However, fluid disposal wells (which are often used in the USA to dispose of polluted waste from several industries) have been responsible for earthquakes up to 5.6M in Oklahoma and other states. [14]