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It always struck me as odd that radon in basements seems to be a big thing in North America, but is relatively un(der)reported of elsewhere. Is this just a matt
by elric 1y ago
It always struck me as odd that radon in basements seems to be a big thing in North America, but is relatively un(der)reported of elsewhere. Is this just a matter of the US being too cautious? Is there perhaps more radon in basements over there? Or does the rest of the world not give a shit for some reason?
- SiempreViernes 1y agoI don't know about "rest of the world", but I think in western Europe it is simply just another thing that gets inspected uneventfully, like making sure there is a fuse box.
- messe 1y agoRadon in houses is certainly a thing in Ireland where I grew up, it's somewhat rare though. I don't know anybody who has a basement. Same in Denmark where I'm living now, I know nobody whose house has a basement.
- skeezyboy 1y agoi think that maybe peter schmeichel might have one?
- ulrikrasmussen 1y agoMany houses in Denmark have basements. Radon depends on geology, and occurs in relatively high concentrations on the rocky island of Bornholm: https://www.sst.dk/da/Borger/Straaling_-miljoe-og-klima/Om-ioniserende-straaling/Radon-i-boliger/Kort-over-radon-i-Danmark https://www.sst.dk/da/Borger/Straaling_-miljoe-og-klima/Om-i... I Denmark, Radon accounts for about 9% of lung cancer cases: https://www.sst.dk/da/Borger/Straaling_-miljoe-og-klima/Om-ioniserende-straaling/Radon-i-boliger https://www.sst.dk/da/Borger/Straaling_-miljoe-og-klima/Om-i...
- mprovost 1y agoI expect that Americans spend more time in their basements than people in most other countries (other than Canada). The kind of furnished basement that teenagers hang out in from That 70's Show isn't common elsewhere.
- infecto 1y agoWrong and wrong. Not all parts of the world have issues with radon, depends on what’s in the ground underneath. Absolutely those countries do care and people are generally aware of it especially in the building process.
- mathw 1y agoIt's definitely a thing in parts of the UK - it's to do with what the ground is made of.
- xorcist 1y agoIt depends on which type of ground you build on. The Nordics are mostly granite and have a relatively big problem with radon gas, or at least enough that people in general care about it. Continental Europe is dominated by limestome which hasn't got the same problem.
- elric 1y agoMakes sense, and would explain why it's pretty much unheard of in my neck of the woods.