More and more single-family houses are being retrofitted to achieve better energy efficiency levels.
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More and more single-family houses are being retrofitted to achieve better energy efficiency levels.
Radon gas is the second biggest cause of lung cancer after smoking and is directly linked to approximately 350 lung cancer cases in Ireland each year.
Increasing indoor ventilation has the potential to dilute indoor radon and may be an appropriate first step when measured indoor radon concentrations are close to the mitigation
The ingress of naturally occurring radioactive radon gas from the soil into buildings can occur both by convection through any openings in the foundations as a result of pressure
Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, is a leading cause of lung cancer and has the potential to increase significantly due to current renovation strategies.