{"id":245,"date":"2013-10-31T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emfsurveydallas.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2021-11-24T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T23:40:22","slug":"radon-safety-inspections-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emfsurvey.com\/radon-safety-inspections-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Radon Safety Inspections: More Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of you are aware from reading my blog or elsewhere that radon gas exposure is estimated to cause 15,000 – 20,000 deaths in the United States but is even more likely to affect smokers.<\/p>\n
But how much more?<\/p>\n
As of this writing it is estimate that radon is responsible for 3-5 % of all fatal lung cancers, but specifically up to 10-15 % for smokers.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the chart below, you can see that radon gas contributes the majority (over 1\/2) of the harmful radiation that an average person is exposed to over their lifetime including medical X-Rays.<\/p>\n