In the UK, exposure to indoor radon is responsible for around 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year, according to the NRAP.
The NRAP outlines the government's plan for monitoring and reducing radon levels in homes.
Fortunately, she adds,
radon in indoor environments is relatively easy to reduce to minimal levels, even if it cannot be eliminated altogether.
Public Health Wales said: "The radioactive elements formed by the decay of
radon can be inhaled and enter our lungs.
Residents of the HBRAs are exposed to indoor
radon ([sup.222]Rn) levels up to 31 000 Bq/[m.sup.3] [15], which is more than 200 times higher than the action level suggested for
radon by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) (148 Bq/[m.sup.3]) [16].
However, no study has yet directly assessed the difference in this sensitivity between strains with respect to the effects of
radon inhalation on the CDDP-induced renal injury.
When the ground around a house is frozen and covered with snow, it leads to a greater concentration of
radon in a house because the
radon is unable to escape through the ice, and takes the easier path through the soil under the home.
Prerequisites for testing include having knowledge of
radon, incentive to test, and the financial means to perform the test and mitigate for
radon if necessary.
"We found then this huge level of
radon gas in the house." The Castleisland couple died within a few years of one McCrea another and a survey showed one of the highest values recorded in Europe.
"For this reason we advise all householders to test their homes for
radon and, if high levels are found, to have their houses fixed."
LR115 films based pinhole dosimeters [17] were used for the passive measurement of
radon and thoron concentration.
Radon could provides a valuable reference for the exploration of uranium resources.
