Review Of Radon Studies Health Perspectives

Since 2005 WHO played the initiative role to increase the interest of radon studies in manyrncountries around the world. Specially, in the the 30 member countries of the Organizationrnfor Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The current radon studies aroundrnthe world show that the interest of radon study also increased in other countries of thernworld including the countries of our continent Africa.rnIn order to reduce the worldwide health impact of the radioactive radon gas, a new projectrnthe WHO International Radon Project (IRP) was formed in 2005. More than 100 scientistsrnfrom 30 countries had participated in this project. In this project a new technologicallyrnimproved and invented radon detecting and measuring devices were implemented. WHOrnnow suggests that homeowners take action when radon levels exceed 2.7 pCi/l. This is arnmuch more conservative gure than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) actionrnlevel of 4.0 pCi/l, which has been the U.S. standard for over 20-years. The United Nationsrnalso broke new ground in the international ght on radon-induced lung cancer earlier inrn2009 when they released their acknowledgement of the radon problems throughout thernworld. Now, there is no doubt about the health hazards due to radon. That is why manyrncountries around the world started to take measures

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