What is the risk associated
with radon?
What happens when the homeowner states he has never had an issue
with radon, the new owner tests and it is present?
Testing usually starts with a simple at - home kit that costs about $ 15, according to Kristina Snyder, an assistant
with the radon program at Kansas State University.
The only way to know if it is present in your home or work environment and is potentially impacting your health is
with radon - specific testing.
It's what can keep you from purchasing a home with mold problems; or issues
with radon, an odorless, poisonous gas.
I have many years experience dealing
with radon, and the certifications to match.
Even homes that are equipped
with a radon mitigation system need to be tested regularly for current radon levels.
There has been a suggestion of increased risk of leukemia associated
with radon exposure in adults and children; however, the evidence is not conclusive.
The research team tracked methane concentrations along
with radon and radium, naturally occurring elements that serve as tracers for groundwater.
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.
Not exact matches
Erie County Legislator Ed Rath, in partnership
with the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, will host a
Radon Awareness Event at the Clarence Farmers Market on Saturday, June 22 to educate residents about potential risks and how to test their homes for r
Radon Awareness Event at the Clarence Farmers Market on Saturday, June 22 to educate residents about potential risks and how to test their homes for
radonradon.
This week on WRVO's health and wellness show «Take Care,» hosts Linda Lowen and Lorraine Rapp speak
with John Martin from the Environmental Protection Agency about the causes and concerns of
radon exposure.
«At a minimum, the human health risks to the site workers from
radon and its decay products should be assessed along
with the associated treatment technologies such as aeration systems or holding for decay,» the agency wrote.
He adds that, if it is successful, it could provide a template for how OSHA deals
with similar hazards, such as dust and
radon.
In 1899 Ernest Rutherford noticed that half of the atoms in a sample of radioactive
radon gas disappeared
with each passing minute.
According to translations of other Italian media and discussions
with Italian researchers who know Giuliani, he has been studying the correlation between earthquakes and
radon, a gas emitted by Earth's crust.
Italian news media have reported that Giuliani has been developing his
radon detector / earthquake predictor for several years in association
with other researchers and
with CAEN, a company that supplies equipment for physics research.
And several veteran seismologists and earth scientists who spoke
with ScienceInsider said they were not familiar
with the now - famous researcher or his work, and they expressed skepticism that his much - publicized measurements of
radon gas offered a reliable predictive technique for earthquakes.
«
Radon as a precursor has been quite extensively studied in the last three decades and did not stand the validation
with the Scientific Method.
The authors dwell on current building concerns such as «sick building syndrome» (buildings associated
with higher than normal absenteeism and sickness rates, complaints about air quality, headaches, eye problems, dry mouth and blocked nose), legionnaires» disease and
radon.
Another DM 13 billion will be made available to clean up uranium mines,
with another DM 45 million to shield buildings from
radon.
The evidence of its existence would be revealed by measuring how the axis of nuclei of the radioactive elements
radon and radium line up
with the spin.
When Arlin Crotts from Columbia University compared reliable sightings of these distortions
with records of
radon emissions collected by lunar spacecraft, he found that the locations of
radon emissions and distortions matched perfectly.
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.
It's no secret that fracking has been associated
with earthquakes, contaminated groundwater and increasing levels of toxic
radon, but now researchers are adding air quality and human health to the list.
The severity of health risks at Baley is comparable
with the significant
radon contamination in homes and communities observed at other major uranium mining districts around the world, most notably the USA, eastern Germany and South Africa.
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.
Greenpeace was reported to have offered to assist
with the funding of relocation of residents of high
radon homes, but no substantive action related to such an offers has been received by Priargunsky staff.
If you are not familiar
with Berkey water filters you will be pleased to learn that this type of filter removes pathogenic bacteria, cysts and parasites entirely and extracts harmful chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, organic solvents,
radon 222 and trihalomethanes.
Long - term exposure to
radon can lead to lung cancer, the only cancer proven to be associated
with inhaling
radon.
In a letter to school parents, Wolf explained that school officials have contracted
with an industrial cleaning consultant as well as consultants to conduct further testing of mold, lead, carbon dioxide, and
radon.
Participating students will use «discovery kits» equipped
with reliable measuring devices to gather data of significance to the environment, such as pollution levels in water or
radon levels in homes.
Where better to start than
with the young, often inhabiting older school buildings, where lead, asbestos and
radon contamination still occur.
Last week's advisory was issued in conjunction
with a report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that found that
radon levels in nearly one - third of the homes tested...
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