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Radon, a byproduct of naturally decaying uranium, is estimated to cause thousands of deaths each year nationwide. Here's how to protect yourself.
Under this modeling, the best policy is obviously to reduce the radon levels of all homes where the radon level is above average, because this leads to a significant decrease of radon exposure on a significant fraction of the population; but this effect is predicted in the 0–200 Bq/m 3 range, where the linear model has its maximum uncertainty ...
Your home is your safe-place and your comfort zone, but what if there were hidden dangers lurking in your basement that you couldn't see, smell, or touch? Here's what parents need to know about radon.
Radon mitigation is any process used to reduce radon gas concentrations in the breathing zones of occupied buildings, or radon from water supplies. Radon is a significant contributor to environmental radioactivity and indoor air pollution. Exposure to radon can cause serious health problems such as lung cancer. [1]
In the US, the problem of indoor radon received widespread publicity and intensified investigation after a widely publicized incident in 1984. During routine monitoring at a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, a worker was found to be contaminated with radioactivity. A high concentration of radon in his home was subsequently identified as ...
More than 26% of Erie County homes tested for radon between 2010 and 2020 have detected high levels of the odorless, colorless, tasteless, and deadly gas.
Radon is measured in picocuries per liter of air (pCi/L) or becquerel per cubic meter (Bq m-3). Both are measurements of radioactivity. The World Health Organization (WHO) sets the ideal indoor radon levels at 100 Bq/m-3. [97] In the United States, it is recommend to fix homes with radon levels at or above 4 pCi/L.
January is National Radon Action Month, raising awareness on the colorless, odorless gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Radon testing still extremely important in ...