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Some hazards in the home are easy to see. Like a loose electrical socket. Or torn carpet on the stairs. But others are harder to spot. And some are invisible, in the very air you breathe. These include lead, mold, and radon. But there are ways you can find and fix these unseen hazards. Learning …
17 hours into a 18.5 hour flight non-stop 9,534 mile trip from New York to Singapore, it becomes difficult to answer the simple question of wanting ice or not without stammering reports Simmons. Being stuck in a giant tin can traveling at hundreds of miles per hour at around 30,000 feet, without really being able …
Radon is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as the decay product of uranium or thorium. Its most stable isotope, 222Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days. Radon is one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions. It is also the only gas that is radioactive under normal …
European Centre for Environment & Human Health scientists suggest that a link may exist between radon exposure and non-melanoma skin cancer. Radon is a radioactive gas that emanates from rocks and soils and tends to concentrate in enclosed spaces, with soil gas infiltration recognized as the most important source of residential radon. Radon is a …
A radioactive gas that emanates from rocks and soils and tends to concentrate in enclosed spaces such as basements and first floors of residential homes, the World Health Organization International Radon Project recently issued new findings on the scope and impact of radon on human health. Radon is a radioactive gas that emanates from rocks …