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WHO Handbook on Indoor Radon

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 17,82 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9241547677

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Book Description

This handbook focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks from radon and sound policy options for preventing and mitigating radon exposure. The material in the handbook reflects the epidemiological evidence that indoor radon exposure is responsible for a substantial number of lung cancers in the general population. Information is provided on the selection of devices to measure radon levels and on procedures for the reliable measurement of these levels. Discussed also are control options for radon in new dwellings, radon reduction in existing dwellings as well as assessment of the costs and benefits of different radon prevention and remedial actions. Also covered are radon risk communication strategies and organization of national radon programs.--Publisher's description.





Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction

Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,70 MB

Release : 2017-07-07

Category : Housing and health

ISBN : 9781548683955

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Book Description

You cannot see, smell or taste radon. But it still may be a problem in your home. When you breathe air containing radon, you increase your risk for respiratory issues. Radon has been classified as a known human carcinogen and has been recognized as a significant health problem by groups such as the Centers for Disease Control, the American Lung Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association. As such, risks from in-home radon exposure have been a major concern for the EPA. The "Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction: How to Fix Your Home" Contains information about home radon mitigation: radon reduction techniques and radon reduction systems.



Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon

Author : U.s. Environment Protection Agency

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 44,34 MB

Release : 2014-10-09

Category : Nature

ISBN : 9781500823368

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Radon is a radioactive gas that has been found in homes all over the United States. It comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water and gets into the air you breathe. Radon typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation. Radon can also enter your home through well water. Your home can trap radon inside.





Indoor Pollutants

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Indoor Pollutants

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 552 pages

File Size : 35,47 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Book Description

Discusses pollution from tobacco smoke, radon and radon progeny, asbestos and other fibers, formaldehyde, indoor combustion, aeropathogens and allergens, consumer products, moisture, microwave radiation, ultraviolet radiation, odors, radioactivity, and dirt and discusses means of controlling or eliminating them.



Radon in Ground Water

Author : National Water Well Assoc.

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 561 pages

File Size : 46,51 MB

Release : 2020-10-28

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1000114740

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Book Description

This new book focuses on sampling and analysis, radon and radium in water supply wells, predictive models, geologic and hydrogeologic controls that influence radon occurrence, monitoring radon and other radioactivity from geologic sources and mining impacts on occurrence of radioactivity in ground water. Also discussed are occurrence, testing, treatment, and reduction of radon from groundwater. Because the most severe health hazard from indoor radioactivity results from inhalation of short-lived radioactive decay products of radon, the EPA scheduled a major conference early in 1987 on Radon, Radium, and Other Radioactivity in Ground Water-Hydrogeologic Impact and Application to Indoor Airborne Contamination. The result is this book.