• Radon is a chemical element; it has symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive noble gas and is colorless and odorless. Of the three naturally...
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  • The health effects of radon are harmful, and include an increased chance of lung cancer. Radon is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas...
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    include: secondhand tobacco smoke, air pollutants from indoor combustion, radon, molds and other allergens, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds...
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  • radiation is radon gas, which seeps continuously from bedrock but can, because of its high density, accumulate in poorly ventilated houses. Radon-222 is a...
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    coffeehouses was built in 1850 in Bad Gastein. Radon therapy began to be administered in Bad Gastein . Radon inhalation therapy at the Gasteiner Heilstollen...
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  • necessarily a Radon measure). Lebesgue measure is an example of a positive Radon measure. One particularly important class of Radon measures are those...
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    discoveries include the concept of radioactive half-life, the radioactive element radon, and the differentiation and naming of alpha and beta radiation. Together...
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    Sulfur Fluorine Chlorine Bromine Iodine Helium Neon Argon Krypton Xenon Radon Three more are commonly classed as nonmetals, but some sources list them...
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    Mould, Richard Francis (1993). A Century of X-rays and Radioactivity in Medicine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-7503-0224-1. "Smoking and Radon Exposure | Causes...
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  • Josiah." The noble gases, viz. helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, show an unexpected behaviour when exposed to this new element. A similar...
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