By using the interactive map on PHE'sUK
radon websiteyou can see how radioactive your street or place of work is.
Radon had the highest estimated impact in Armenia, leading to 29-30% of all lung cancer cases and about 6% of all cancer deaths.
If results reveal elevated levels of
radon in your home, contact a
radon professional to evaluate and fix the problem.
Furthermore, 21 samples were collected from UC Sikandar Town with maximum, minimum and mean
radon concentrations of 41.7 +- 2.7, 23.2 +- 1.7, and 32.9 +- 1.3 Bql-1, respectively.
A statement submitted to Gwynedd council planners stated: "Following a recent
radon testing, it has been brought to light that there are unsafe levels of
radon within the basement area.
Since the time of the BEIR VI report, numerous studies have shown a negative correlation between lung cancer mortality and
radon concentration.
Cisplatin, Oxidative stress, Renal injury,
Radon, Mice strain.
This state can impact the concentration of
radon in a house as
radon rises through the soil beneath a home's foundation and permeates the indoor air environment.
Despite the availability of effective mitigation strategies, reported testing rates often are below 25%, even in high
radon areas (Duckworth, Frank-Stromborg, Oleckno, Duffy, & Burns, 2002; Kennedy, Probart, & Dorman, 1991; Larsson, Hill, Odom-Maryon, & Yu, 2009; Wang, Ju, Stark, & Teresi, 2000).
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Radon gas in homes is linked to 250 lung cancer cases each year.
"Moderate and low risk areas will have a lower proportion of homes above the indoor
radon national reference level.