Residential Radon and Lung Cancer: Results Form an Ecologic Study in the Swiss Alps

Luthi, Jean‐Christophe; Favre, F.; Pannatier, F; taz, C Th; Weck, D. De

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“…Lung can cer is pri mar ily caused by bron chial stem cells and by se cre tion cells [13]. Re search stud ies have shown that ex po sure to in door 222 Rn could lead to an in creased risk of lung can cer [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Sci en tists at the Na tional Acad emy of Sci ence es ti mate that expo sure to an el e vated level of 222 Rn gas may cause 15000-22000 lung can cer deaths per year.…”

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“…Sikar (10) 48 ± 10 22.1 (10) 15 ± 8 9.3 (10) 2. Uttarkashi (18) 31 - (18) 30 - (18) 583 -0.26 [140] 3. Garhwal Himalaya (25) 20 - (25) 26 - (25) 329 -0.18 [141] 4.…”

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“…5. Ukhimath (Garhwal) (18) 81 - (18) 119 - (18) 341 -- [143] to the min er al iza tion and high con tent of tho rium in soil. In some dis tricts, higher con tent of ra dium and po tas sium is ob served which might be due to the use of po tas sium rich fer til iz ers for ag ri cul ture.…”

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“…Kangra-I - (18) 806 (18) 24 (18) 19 [85] Kangra-II (71) 12 --- [86] Ta ble 11. Ra don con cen tra tion, sur face ex ha la tion, mass ex ha la tion and ra dium con cen tra tion from soil sam ples in Hareyana* Sirsa - (20) 499 (20) 27…”

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Environmental radon, its exhalation rates and activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40kK in Northern India

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Human beings are constantly exposed to radioactivity in the environment. As they are major sources of harmful radiation, radionuclides found in the atmosphere might result in a substantial potential risk to living beings. On the Earth's surface, the radioactive elements uranium and radium are naturally present, contributing to radon and thoron gases in the indoor as well as outdoor climate, soil and water. Radon is one of the most important toxins that, after cigarette smoking, is the second most common cause of generating lung cancer. Due to these health-related concerns, a lot of work has been undertaken by numerous research organizations to determine their levels at different locations throughout the world. This paper is an attempt to comprehensively report with different techniques all those studies being carried out in this part of India so that a current assessment of the indoor radon levels should be available for further work in this field. Six northern Indian states, viz. Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are considered for this examination. This study also provides data on exhalation rates and activity concentration of natural radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th, and 40K) present in these states.

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“…Sikar (10) 48 ± 10 22.1 (10) 15 ± 8 9.3 (10) 2. Uttarkashi (18) 31 - (18) 30 - (18) 583 -0.26 [140] 3. Garhwal Himalaya (25) 20 - (25) 26 - (25) 329 -0.18 [141] 4.…”

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“…Many studies, reported world-wide, have established direct relationship between elevated levels of radon and increased incidence of lung cancers. 4–6 Some other types of cancers, besides lung, have also been linked to radon. 7 The health risk arises due to excess inhalation dose from various isotopes of radon and their progenies.…”

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Radon/thoron and progeny levels in dwellings: Regional variations and effect of dwelling characteristics – A case study in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India

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Kaushal

Sarin³

et al. 2017

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An extensive survey to measure natural radioactivity in human environment in Jalandhar district of Punjab was undertaken. Results of measurements of indoor radon/thoron and their progeny concentrations are being presented here. Single-entry, pin-hole dosemeters were used for the measurement of radon/thoron concentrations. Deposition-based direct radon/thoron progeny sensors were used for measurement of progeny concentrations. The results have been analysed on the basis of regional characteristics, type of construction and building material used. The radon concentration was found to vary from 6.64 ± 1.72 Bq/m3 to 47.18 ± 4.43 Bq/m3 with geometric mean value of 17.9 ± 2.91 Bq/m3 while the thoron concentration varies from 7.75 ± 2.54 Bq/m3 to 82.68 ± 8.33 Bq/m3 with geometric mean value of 33.54 ± 5.09 Bq/m3. The geometric mean value of equilibrium factor for indoor radon and thoron was found to be 0.43 and 0.02, respectively. The estimated annual inhalation dose varies from 0.22 mSv to 1.76 mSv with geometric mean value of 0.66 mSv. Correlation of indoor radon and air gamma dose rate was also studied.

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Estimation of indoor radon, thoron and exhalation rates in some samples of Shaheed Bhagat Singh district of Punjab

Kaur,

Singh,

Shikha

et al. 2022

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Residential Radon and Lung Cancer: Results Form an Ecologic Study in the Swiss Alps

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Environmental radon, its exhalation rates and activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40kK in Northern India

Environmental radon, its exhalation rates and activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40kK in Northern India

Radon/thoron and progeny levels in dwellings: Regional variations and effect of dwelling characteristics – A case study in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India

Estimation of indoor radon, thoron and exhalation rates in some samples of Shaheed Bhagat Singh district of Punjab

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