Three had potentially hazardous
radon concentrations.
Britain's National Radiological Protection Board, for example, recommends that homes with
radon concentrations above 200 becquerels per cubic metre should install fans to disperse the gas.
Even if the home isn't in a tier 1 location, New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection recommends testing all homes for
radon concentrations.
Not exact matches
But
concentrations of
radon would have been much higher when the sites were opened.
The research team tracked methane
concentrations along with
radon and radium, naturally occurring elements that serve as tracers for groundwater.
At Toolik Lake, Paytan and her colleagues tracked methane
concentrations concurrently with two naturally occurring elements (
radon and radium) that serve as tracers for groundwater.
Radon and
Radon Decay Product
Concentrations in New Mexico's Uranium Mining and Milling District, Thomas Buhl, Jere Millard, David Baggett, Sue Trevathan, Radiation Protection Bureau, Environmental Improvement Division, New Mexico Health and Environment Department, Final Report, March 1985.
Radon A radioactive gas found in some homes that in sufficient
concentrations can cause health problems.
Radon is radioactive, and if it were present at 400 ppm, collisions of neutrons with neighboring air molecules would cause more warming than an equivalent
concentration of CO2 by absorbing relatively weak infrared waves / photons.
Although
radon can be found anywhere, higher
concentrations are more common in the Northeast, the Midwest, southern Appalachia, and the northern Plains.
Radon: a radioactive gas found in some homes that, if occurring in strong enough
concentrations, can cause health problems.