Published in Cancer Weekly, November 22nd, 2011
Unlike the US and multiple other countries around the world, Canada did not have a national geologic radon potential map, until now.
Health Canada, the US Surgeon General, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the World Health Organization agree radon gas is the leading environmental cause of lung cancer. An estimated 22,000 people in the US and 3,000 Canadians die every year from radon induced lung cancer,...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-11-22)
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