Showing posts with label radon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radon. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2016

The Radon and Remediation Industries

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One of the fascinating features of the free market is an almost instant appearance of entrepreneurs to fill a perceived need. Whether it is ...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Before You Spend $4,000 to Shorten Your Life

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The observed lung cancer rates of females in high residential radon areas in the former uranium mining areas in Southern Saxony are substant...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

United States (again)

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"Studies of populations chronically exposed to low-level radiation, such as those residing in regions of elevated natural radiation, ha...
Monday, March 7, 2016

Japan

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Spring waters have often been found to have significant amounts of dissolved radon. This seems particularly true at springs that are conside...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

The Most Toxic Substance on Earth?

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One of the noisiest guns in the anti-nuclear arsenal has been the cultivated fear of plutonium. "The most toxic substance known to man,...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

A Parting Shot in the Radon Controversy

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Since it affects only air passageways and the lungs, radon and its progeny do not really give us a "whole body dose" like most of ...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Whom to Believe?

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Gasteiner Heilstollen Spas in the Bad Gastein area of Austria have been known for their health benefits since Roman times - while th...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Home Is Where the Radiation Is

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Table 11 – Chernobyl Cs 137 Burden in Various Areas vs. Natural Background Location Range (Bq/m^2) ...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Radon: Scourge or Blessing for Mankind?

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Government was tightening industrial radioactive emission standards to ridiculously low levels, while demanding that homeowners modify their...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

You Can Run, But You Can't Hide

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If an increase in low-level background radiation caused any problems, decades of anecdotal evidence would have made Denver a ghost town . ...