Radon is a colorless, odorless, naturally occurring gas. It is currently the second leading cause of lung cancer and the number one cause of lung cancer to non-smokers in the United States. DeKalb County offers free screening for radon for residents. However, screening rates vary across the county. This pilot study focused on 14 selected tracts within DeKalb County with relatively low levels of...

Cave radon concentration measurements reflect the outcome of a perpetual competition which pitches flux against ventilation and radioactive decay. The mass balance equations used to model changes in radon concentration through time routinely treat flux as a constant. This mathematical simplification is acceptable as a first order approximation despite the fact that it sidesteps an intrinsic geo...

The study concerns the analysis of 220Rn (thoron) recorded in surface soil two sites Campi Flegrei caldera (Naples, Southern Italy) characterized by phases volcanic unrest seven-year period 1 July 2011–31 December 2017. Thoron comes only from most layer, so characteristics its time series are strictly connected to shallow phenomena, which can also act at a distance measuring point these particu...

BACKGROUND Aerosol production during normal breathing is often attributed to turbulence in the respiratory tract. That mechanism is not consistent with a high degree of asymmetry between aerosol production during inhalation and exhalation. The objective was to investigate production symmetry during breathing. METHODS The aerosol size distribution in exhaled breath was examined for different b...

Radon concentrations and fluxes were measured for seasonal snowpack on Baldpate Mtn. in Newry, Maine during the winter of 2004. A solar radiation and temperature logging system was developed to monitor the snowpack during the radon measurements. Radon ground flux measurements were performed using a RAD-7 alpha spectrometer and ranged from 0.49 to 0.64 pCi m s for two different locations. Radon ...