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2. What is radon? The radioactive gas is found in homes across ...

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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.

3. Radium and radon in the environment - Wikipedia

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   The radon levels in some of the mines can reach 400 to 700 kBq m −3. [ 17 ] A common unit of exposure of lung tissue to alpha emitters is the working level month ( WLM ), this is where the human lungs have been exposed for 170 hours (a typical month worth of work for a miner) to air which has 3.7 kBq of 222 Rn (in equilibrium with its decay ...

4. Deloro, Ontario - Wikipedia

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   Levels of metals and radiological contaminants were not significantly different than those outside the study area. Fifty-seven homes were also test for radon gas at this time. Ten of them were found to have higher than the provincial guidelines for radon. All 10 of these homes had successful measures taken to prevent radon gases.

5. 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 ...

6. Homeowners should test for deadly, invisible radon gas - AOL

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   Jan. 18—ATHENS — January is National Radon Action month, and each year University of Georgia Cooperative Extension sponsors a poster contest for students across the state to help bring ...

7. Radon levels in Old Courthouse trigger a plan, but details ...

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   There's a plan to respond to radon levels in the Old Courthouse subbasement, revealed Monday to be more than twice the level calling for action. ... Indiana's fact sheet on radon states the gas is ...