[HTML][HTML] Impacts of indoor radon on health: a comprehensive review on causes, assessment and remediation strategies

LJR Nunes, A Curado, LCC Graça, S Soares… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor radon exposure is raising concerns due to its impact on health, namely its known
relationship with lung cancer. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the risk …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin and the cellular response to particle radiation-induced oxidative and clustered DNA damage

JM Danforth, L Provencher… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to environmental ionizing radiation is prevalent, with greatest lifetime doses
typically from high Linear Energy Transfer (high-LET) alpha particles via the radioactive …

[HTML][HTML] Rising Canadian and falling Swedish radon gas exposure as a consequence of 20th to 21st century residential build practices

SM Khan, DD Pearson, T Rönnqvist, ME Nielsen… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Radioactive radon gas inhalation is a major cause of lung cancer worldwide and is a
consequence of the built environment. The average radon level of properties built in a given …

[HTML][HTML] Social factors and behavioural reactions to radon test outcomes underlie differences in radiation exposure dose, independent of household radon level

JL Irvine, JA Simms, NL Cholowsky, DD Pearson… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Radioactive radon gas inhalation causes lung cancer, and public health strategies have
responded by promoting testing and exposure reduction by individuals. However, a better …

[HTML][HTML] Consequences of changing Canadian activity patterns since the COVID-19 pandemic include increased residential radon gas exposure for younger people

NL Cholowsky, MJ Chen, G Selouani, SC Pett… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced widespread behaviour changes that shifted how
people split their time between different environments, altering health risks. Here, we report …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy of public health information for encouraging radon gas awareness and testing varies by audience age, sex and profession

NL Cholowsky, JL Irvine, JA Simms, DD Pearson… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Radioactive radon inhalation is a leading cause of lung cancer and underlies an ongoing
public health crisis. Radon exposure prevention strategies typically begin by informing …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of citizen science contributions to radon research

M Martell, T Perko, Y Tomkiv, S Long, A Dowdall… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to reduce lung cancer due to radon exposure situations, not only authorities and
organisations but also citizens may meaningfully contribute to radon mitigation actions …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing occupational radon exposure greater than 100 Bq/m3 in a highly exposed country

A Brobbey, E Rydz, S Fenton, PA Demers, CB Ge… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Radon is an established lung carcinogen concentrating in indoor environments with
importance for many workers worldwide. However, a systematic assessment of radon levels …

[HTML][HTML] Rural communities experience higher radon exposure versus urban areas, potentially due to drilled groundwater well annuli acting as unintended radon gas …

SM Khan, DD Pearson, EL Eldridge, TA Morais… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Repetitive, long-term inhalation of radioactive radon gas is one of the leading causes of lung
cancer, with exposure differences being a function of geographic location, built environment …

[HTML][HTML] The role of mitochondrial miRNAs in the development of radon-induced lung cancer

A Kussainova, O Bulgakova, A Aripova, Z Khalid… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs are short, non-coding RNA molecules regulating gene expression by inhibiting
the translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) or leading to degradation. The miRNAs are …