Health Physics Society recommends considering action for indoor radon below current guidelines

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 02:14 in Physics & Chemistry

Radon is a colorless and odorless radioactive gas that is produced by the radioactive decay of radium. Radium is a product of uranium decay and is found in trace amounts naturally in nearly all rocks, soils, and groundwater as well as building materials, plants, animals, and the human body.

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