OBJECTIVE To determine the number of deaths from lung cancer related to radon in the home and to explore the cost effectiveness of alternative policies to control indoor radon and their potential to reduce lung cancer mortality. DESIGN Cost effectiveness analysis. SETTING United Kingdom. DATA SOURCES Epidemiological data on risks from indoor radon and from smoking, vital statistics on dea...

The objective of this research paper is to create a public awareness in understanding the radon gas problem, discuss efficient data management methods and analyses of indoor radon gas concentrations, and mitigate the indoor radon gas concentrations to below acceptable level in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Radon Information System (ORIS) is a compendium of five databases or modules, viz. the “Hom...

This study aims to assess the environmental hazards from radon exhalation rate in the soil samples in selected locations in Iraqi Kurdistan, using passive (CR-39NTDs) and active (RAD7) detecting method. Radon concentration, effective radium content and radon exhalation rate were estimated in soil samples that collected at the depth level of 30 cm inside 124 houses. The results show that the ema...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer, following tobacco smoke. Radon is not only an independent risk factor; it also increases the risk of lung cancer in smokers. Numerous cohort, case-control, and experimental studies have established the carcinogenic potential of radon. The possibility of radon having a ...

Identifying radon-prone areas is key to policies on the control of this environmental carcinogen. In the current paper, we present the methodology followed to delineate radon-prone areas in Spain. It combines information from indoor radon measurements with γ-radiation and geological maps. The advantage of the proposed approach is that it lessens the requirement for a high density of measurement...

The present author has kept observation for concentrations of atmospheric radon, radon progeny and thoron progeny for several years at the campus of Fukushima Medical University. Accidentally, in the midst of an observation term, i.e., February 2005, the facility management group of the university changed a strategy for the manner of ventilation, probably because of a recession: (I) tidy everyd...

The evidence linking indoor radon exposure to childhood and adult leukaemia is reviewed. At the UK average indoor exposure of 20 Bq m, it is estimated that the radon derived equivalent dose accrued to the fetus is 106 μSv. The equivalent dose rate to adult bone marrow ~130 μSv y. Standard radiation risk factors suggest that 5% of childhood and 4% of adult leukaemia is linked to radon at 20 Bq m...

Indoor radon concentrations were measured in four well-known spas of Tunisia using nuclear track detectors. The radon concentrations in these spas were found to be in the range of 19 − 870 Bq.m-3. The equilibrium factor F between radon and its progeny was found to vary in the range of 0.2 0.5, depending upon the ventilation rates within the buildings of the spas. Using the exposure-dose convers...