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CIPHI Ontario Seminar Series: Reducing Radon Ingress in Canadian Homes

Topics: Indoor Air, Radiation, Radon
In 2007, the Canadian radon guideline was reduced from 800 to 200 Bq/m3 and the National Radon Program (NRP) was rolled out by Health Canada. The NRP has conducted a considerable amount of research…
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Occupational Health & Safety, Common Indoor Radon Levels and the New 2017 International Commission on Radiological Protection

Topics: Radiation, Radon
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Protecting the Ontario population from radon: Challenges and opportunities

Topics: Radon, Indoor Air, Radiation
Radon is a naturally occurring public health hazard that is found throughout Ontario in the buildings where we live, work, study and play. Public Health Ontario and various Ontario public health…
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Radon: Public Health and Cancer Prevention

Topics: Radon, Built Environment, Indoor Air, Radiation
In Canada, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer but what is radon and what can public health do about it? Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally when uranium and soils break…
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The 100 Radon Test Kit Challenge for Canada

Topics: Indoor Air, Radiation, Radon
Public health professionals often find radon a challenging exposure to address, mostly because it is up to home owners to decide if they want to test. This issue is compounded by the fact that the…
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