Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United States. The expense and precautions ...

The critical change was the volume of the main measurement chamber from 1,500 liters to 200 liters while retaining the capacity to reliably measure radon activity down to 0.14 Becquerels per cubic ...

Award-winning portable continuous radon monitor now available to German homeowners seeking real-time radon insights and ...

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day indoor radon measurements from 2001 to 2021. Findings reveal that nearly 25% of ...

Several databases provide a national picture of indoor radon and radon in water for the United States. We provide these data here as context for the discussions in later chapters on ambient radon, ...

A radon measurement is usually carried out by placing two small detectors, about the size of an air freshener, in your home for three months. One detector is placed in a bedroom the other in a living ...

SPRINGFIELD — Do you know that federal and state guidelines recommend testing your home for the presence of radon? This radioactive gas seeps undetected into homes from the ground, and such indoor ...

What is radon and why do social housing professionals need to know about it? Each year, there are 1,100 deaths in the UK that are linked to radon. A colourless, odourless, radioactive gas, radon is ...