News tagged with radon
Health Physics Society recommends considering action for indoor radon below current guidelines
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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 ...
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 ...
Quake predictability still distant dream, say seismologists
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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Claims by an Italian technician to have foretold the devastating quake which struck central Italy prompted seismologists on Tuesday to shake their heads in sadness and skepticism.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
