Radon Strategies
Practical Radon Control for Homes by Terry Brennan and
Susan Galbraith; Cutter Information Corp.; Arlington,
Mass.; 1988; 164 pages; $40.
Radon, as we are all becoming
aware, is a colorless, odorless gas
produced by the natural "decay" of
radioactive uranium in the soil. The
alpha particles emitted in this decay
process are so weak, according to
authors Brennan and Galbraith, that
they can't even penetrate through a
single layer of dead skin from outside
the body. However, so-called
"daughter" decay products can lodge
in the lungs if inhaled, where tissue is
so thin that oxygen and carbon
dioxide pass through (as indeed they
must). Long term exposure to certain
radon levels could cause lung cancer.
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