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Radon
07
Jun

Radon: Protect Your Health at Home

June 7, 2022
What is Radon and How are We Exposed to It? https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-radon-and-how-are-we-exposed-to-it
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14
Oct

Urgent action needed on radioactive gas levels in South African homes

October 14, 2019
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/science/323124-urgent-action-needed-on-radioactive-gas-levels-in-south-african-homes.html The National Nuclear Regulator has warned that South Africa must urgently start to monitor the levels of radioactive radon gas in local homes to protect its citizens. Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when uranium, thorium, or radium – which are radioactive metals – break down in rocks, soil, and groundwater. In South Africa, there...
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30
Sep

EMFSA September 2019 Newsletter

September 30, 2019
Our September 2019 Newsletter can be viewed at: https://mailchi.mp/7fbfa35f0406/emfnews
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24
Sep

Estimation of radon potential through measurement of uranium concentrations in granite geology

September 24, 2019
Jacques Bezuidenhout Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa ABSTRACT The geology of an area can be used as a predictor for radon potential. Granite rock typically contains a high concentration of uranium and subsequent elevated emanation of radon gas. The geology of the western part of the Western Cape Province in South...
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