Two different aspects of the evaluation of radon variability within the building were studied; variation among different floors monitored by recording a single radon measurement per each floor ...

I am not a toxicologist, but I am familiar with monitoring radon daughters (alpha particles that result from the decay of radon gas, also a decay product of radium-226) occurring in underground ...

What are the different variations of radon? Radon occurs naturally in significant quantities in three different chemical variations, or isotopes, but only two of these present a risk. Radon-222 — a ...

You're correct that radon is not well recognized as a potential health threat. And yet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it's a leading cause of lung cancer in this country ...

MINNESOTA-It's National Radon Action Month, and the Minnesota Department of Health is asking you to test your home for radon. For those who may not know, radon is a type of radiation released from ...

Radon gas is emanated by Radium 226 which is known as a uranium decay product. It would be interesting to investigate if there is a direct correlation between the old copper tailings and elevated ...

Air monitors at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant detected heightened levels of radon gas created when radioactive element Radium 226 decays.