News tagged with indoor radon

Deaths from lung cancer could be reduced by better policies to control indoor radon

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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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Indoor air kills 2.2 million young Chinese yearly: report

More than two million Chinese youths die each year from health problems related to indoor air pollution, with nearly half of them under five years of age, state media cited a government study as saying.

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created May 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health Physics Society recommends considering action for indoor radon below current guidelines

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 ...

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Guide on lung cancer in 'never-smokers': A different disease and different treatments

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 ...

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?

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 ...

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists work to control indoor mold

A U.S. research team has recommended various public policy guidelines that could be used to control indoor mold contamination in homes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 09, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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