Higher radon risk
The first major study of lung cancer risk from domestic radon - a natural gas that seeps into houses - has found it to be more dangerous than was thought. The Swedish study shows that people exposed to the British 'action level' faced almost twice the risk estimated by the UK National Radiological Protection Board.
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