Sentences with phrase «indoor radon levels»

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The indoor radon action levels for US homes and schools were adopted in response to the use of radioactive uranium mill tailings sand in construction and soil fill for homes and schools in the western US; recognized in the 1970's as one of the first direct community health risks from the process of uranium mining.

Radiation emission rates were reported to reach 2800 - 3000 Bq / m (3), versus a Russian indicator standard of 200 Bq / m (3)- a comparative US standard, the USEPA action level for indoor radon is 4 pCi / l, or approximately 150 Bq / m (3).

You can reduce your own and your family's health risk even further by lowering radon exposure in your indoor environments to levels well below EPA guidelines, and I would strongly encourage you to do so.

Founded in 2008, Airthings is a tech - based company specializing in cutting - edge products to easily monitor radon levels in indoor air.

In the case of radon, researchers have found that exhaust systems may actually increase the indoor levels of contaminants.

The average level for indoor radon is 1.3 pCi / L, the EPA says.

Typically measured in Picocuries per liter (pCi / L) in the U.S. and Becquerels per cubic meter (Bq / m3) in Canada --(1 pCi / L = 37 Bq / m3)-- radon is quite common at low levels in most environments, with an average outdoor level of 0.27 pCi / L (10 Bq / m3) and indoor level of 1.21 pCi / L (45 Bq / m3).

Measured in Becquerels per cubic meter (Bq / m3), radon exists in low levels in most environments, with an average outdoor level of 10 Bq / m3 and indoor level of 45 Bq / m3, a difference explained by the build - up of radon that confined spaces allow.

The difference between the typical outdoor / indoor levels is explained by the buildup of radon that confined spaces allow.