Exempel på radon

• The radon concentration is predicted in normal environmental conditions.

• We have always lived in a tough, dynamic neighbourhood-rats, radon, retrovirus-and we always will.

• A short chapter on applied geology includes mineral, energy and water resources, geotechnical considerations (= engineering geology) and natural radon emissions.

• Discrepancies between measured and predicted values of radon indicate likely seismic activity.

• The serious problem of radon in caves gets only passing mention.

• For most people, radon presents a more serious risk than all other natural sources of radioactivity put together.

• It is as if people believe that their homes are impregnable to radon gas because they cannot see or hear it.

• These invitations will ensure that every household in the most radon-affected parts of the country will have been offered a free radon measurement.

• This is the radon concentration at which it is recommended that remedial action be taken to reduce levels in the home.

• It has been known for a long time that occupational exposure to radon in uranium mines is associated with an increased incidence of lung cancer.

• It is my view that free radon measurements should be made available to householders living in high radon areas.

• However, there is no national programme of radon monitoring for our schools.

• There is no reliable method of predicting radon levels from site measurements before house construction.

• One of our greatest problems at present is radon gas.

• The survey involves the use of a simple kit to test for radon.