updated 28 May 2021
The recent interest in the radon health concern has resulted in some questions about radon’s origins. As we know, there is a concern about radioactive radon gas in dwellings, especially those in the Canadian Shield, such as those at Chandos. Where does this radon come from? This note attempts to be a bit of a primer on the subject.
The decay of uranium-238 into the radioactive gas radon-222.
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