News tagged with indoor radon
Deaths from lung cancer could be reduced by better policies to control indoor radon
Jan 07, 2009 |
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About 1100 people each year die in the UK from lung cancer related to indoor radon, but current government protection policies focus mainly on the small number of homes with high radon levels and neglect the 95% of radon ...
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Health Physics Society recommends considering action for indoor radon below current guidelines
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Radon is a colorless and odorless radioactive gas that is produced by the radioactive decay of radium. Radium is a product of uranium decay and is found in trace amounts naturally in nearly all rocks, soils, and groundwater ...
Scientists work to control indoor mold
Jul 09, 2007 |
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A U.S. research team has recommended various public policy guidelines that could be used to control indoor mold contamination in homes.
Radon: A Silent Killer Can Lurk in Homes, MU Expert Says Test Now
Nov 08, 2007 |
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It can’t be seen, felt or tasted and it is even odorless. That is why radon is called the silent killer. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer deaths in the ...
Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A popular television commercial from the 1970s shows a Native American man in buckskin and feathers paddling his canoe through ink-black waters, past refineries billowing smoke. He comes aground on a litter-strewn shoreline ...
Study in Spain and Romania confirms radon as second leading cause of lung cancer
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Exposure to radon gas in homes is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University of Cantabria and the Babes-Bolyai University in ...
Guide on lung cancer in 'never-smokers': A different disease and different treatments
Sep 16, 2009 |
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A committee of scientists led by Johns Hopkins investigators has published a new guide to the biology, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in never-smokers, fortifying measures for what physicians have long known is a ...
State policies have little effect on reducing minors' indoor tanning use
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A new analysis finds that state policies meant to limit minors' indoor tanning use have had little effect. Published in the January 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the st ...
Probing Question: Could your kitchen counters be radioactive?
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Verde Butterfly. Black Galaxy. Kashmir Gold. If you’ve remodeled your kitchen in the last decade, chances are you encountered one of the 1,600 varieties of granite imported into the United States from 64 different ...
Major source of radon exposure overlooked at former Ohio uranium-processing plant
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists say that a recent scientific study of a now-closed uranium processing plant near Cincinnati has identified a second, potentially more significant source ...
Romantic, candle-lit dinners: An unrecognized source of indoor air pollution
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Burning candles made from paraffin wax -- the most common kind used to infuse rooms with romantic ambiance, warmth, light, and fragrance -- is an unrecognized source of exposure to indoor air pollution, including ...
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