Radon

Although Radon is not an issue in the medical environment of a facility as other radionuclides are ‘Radon is a National Environmental Health Problem’ and being informed is important.

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES, a subsidiary of US Nuclear Corp, addresses this important health issue with a range of radon detectors and monitors.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the Surgeon General’s Office have estimated that as many as 20,000 lung cancer deaths are caused each year by Radon. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Radon-induced lung cancer costs the United States over $2 billion dollars per year in both direct and indirect health care costs.

(Based on National Cancer Institute statistics of 14,400 annual Radon lung cancer deaths – Oster, Colditz & Kelley, 1984)

Whether in a single-family residence, an apartment or condominium with multiple units, an office building, a sports stadium, a hospital, government building or school the people inside are vulnerable to Radon exposure. This is particularly true for the areas of the United States that have a high granite component in the soil.

Radon is a by-product of decaying Uranium-238. Uranium-238 is naturally occurring in granite predominate soils. These soils are prevalent above the 35 parallel in the United States. This means Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina at the southern boundary. In the Pacific Northwest Washington and Idaho also have granite predominate soils.