... Households across England and Wales can now access details about radon measurements in their area, in a new Health Protection Agency (HPA) report. For many years the HPA’s radon team has been gathering and publishing data on indoor concentrations of the gas across the UK. The new report...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Homes Health Radon Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 28, Issue 5 Keywords: Homes, Health, Radon A new initiative to reduce concentrations of radon in UK homes has been launched by the Health...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Homes Radon Safety Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 5 Keywords: Homes, Radon, Safety An expert advisory group of the Health Protection Agency has recommended that the Agency should...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Radon Tests Houses Radon tests for householders Keywords: Radon, Tests, Houses The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a new initiative, to be run over the next two years...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Children Radon Cancer Childhood exposure to radon Keywords: Children, Radon, Cancer The National Radiological Protection Board has welcomed research at the University of Leeds which has failed to provide evidence of any link between...

... Keywords: NRPB, Radon, New agency Those used to dealing with the NRPB over radon issues will be interested to learn that it is to become part of the new National Infection Control and Health Protection Agency. More information can be found at http://www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/idstrategy...

...D.W. Dixon; C. Scivyer The Government has recognised the significance of exposures in houses to the natural radioactive gas radon and has over the past decade initiated various campaigns in conjunction with NRPB, BRE and local authorities to mitigate its effects. This article explains the principal...

...L.W. Blake; P.F. Adams Discusses the radioactive gas radon and its effects on the legal obligations of surveyors and other professionals concerned with the designing, refurbishment and appraisal of dwellings. Presents an overview of the problem of radon, concentrating on health issues...

...J.H. Fremlin Discusses the radioactive gas radon, highlighting various methods of experimentation carried out in order to assess the actual health risk associated with the gas. Explores the means of eliminating indoor radon. Suggests that there is a lack of evidence of any ill effects caused by low...

...Denis L. Henshaw Discusses the radioactive gas radon, outlining its structure and how it enters the home. Explores methods of measuring the gas,highlighting research carried out at Bristol University on a plastic material called Tastrak. Exposes the health threat associated with radon and links...