Not exact matches
«The high
radon levels may not have caused the Curse of Tutankhamen,» says Murdoch Baxter, editor of the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, «but it probably won't have done those early Egyptologists much
good.»
The health literature confirming the links between
radon and health include studies of many uranium mining populations, as
well as other mining districts and mineralized areas with high
levels of naturally occurring radiation sources.
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.
It is
best to measure
levels over a long period because of the fluctuating nature of
radon, however, most home inspector tests are between two - seven days.
But because the test was only two days, the test did not show the two - thirds of the year during which
radon levels are
well below the danger zone.
The device can also push you notifications when your home gets cold or humid, and brag about your
good radon levels with a tweet.
The NSC site provides answers to frequently answer questions about
radon, including how it forms, as
well as how to test for and treat dangerous
radon levels.
Reason number two: it's a bit easier to maintain over the long haul, and it's deemed a
better environmental choice because it emits lower
levels of
radon — a potentially cancer - causing agent.