Ingabe Uvivinyelwe Le Mfihlo Efihliwe Yomdlavuza We-Lung?
I-Radon yimbangela eyinhloko ye-Cancer Cancer ku-Non-Smokers
I-Radon iyimbangela yesibili eholela emdlalweni wamaphaphu ngemva kokubhema kanye nenombolo eyodwa yomdlavuza wamaphaphu kwabangewona abokubhema .Umphakathi uqala ukucabanga ngomdlavuza wamaphaphu njengoba kwenzeka kubantu ababhema kuphela, kodwa lokho akukona iqiniso. Umdlavuza we-Lung kubantu abangabhemi yiyona eyesi-6 eyimbangela yokufa komdlavuza e-United States .
Ngokujabulisayo, njengokubhema, le ngozi kufanele ivinjwe ngokuphelele ngokuqwashisa nokuhlolwa.
Kodwa bambalwa abantu abaye bahlola amakhaya abo.
Umphakathi wadabuka lapho inkosikazi yaseSuperman, uDana Reeve, ishona ngomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngesikhathi eseneminyaka engama-46 ubudala. Ngokwesibalo, i-radon ingaba imbangela enkulu. Ngesikhathi umsizi wesibhamu usakazwa ezindabeni njengendlela engenzeka, umusi womuntu oyisitokisi udala abantu abangaba ngu-7 000 ababulawa umdlavuza wamaphaphu ngonyaka. I-Radon inesibopho sezingu-27,000 zomdlavuza womdlavuza ngonyaka - futhi lokhu kufezeka kwenzeka ngenxa yegesi elingabonakali elikhona endaweni yokuhlala (abesifazane nabantwana bangase babe engozini enkulu.) Ukubeka lokhu ngendlela ebonakalayo, abesifazane abangaba ngu-39 000 bafa ngamunye ngonyaka kusukela umdlavuza webele. Uma sasivivinywa okungavimbela ngokuphelele isigamu sesifo somdlavuza webele, kungenzeka ukuthi sesizwile. Ngokudabukisayo, ukuhlambalaza okuveza umdlavuza wamaphaphu njengesifo somuntu obhemayo kuye kwaphazamisa ukuthola izwi mayelana ne-radon.
Kuyini i-Radon?
I-Radon iyi-gesi engenambala, engenambala ekhishwa ekubola kwe-uranium evamile emhlabathini. I-Radon ingangena emakhaya ngokusebenzisa ukuphazamiseka esisekelo, phansi, nasezindongeni, ngokuvuleka okuzungeze amaphampu kanye ne-drain, futhi ngokusebenzisa izikhala ezungeze amapayipi. I-Radon ingase ibe khona emanzini emakhaya anamanzi ahlanzekile.
Akunandaba ukuthi ikhaya lakho lidala noma elisha. Eqinisweni, amakhaya amasha angase afakwe uphawu oluqinile kakhulu - kuvumela i-radon igesi ukuba ikhule ngokwezinga eliphezulu. Akunandaba nokuthi izinga lika-radon lomakhelwane lini (nakuba ngabe liphakeme izinga lakho liphakeme kakhulu.) Izinga ziyahlukahluka ngisho endaweni eyodwa.
I-Radon Yenza Cancer
I-Radon igesi iyimithombo yegesi. Lezi zinto ezinomsakazo zine-nuclei engazinzile ezithumela izinhlayiyana ekuqiniseni. Lapho i-radon igesi ifakwe, iveza izinhlayiya ze-alpha ezizolimaza i-DNA emangqamuzaneni emaphaphu. Ngesikhathi esithile kanye nokulimala okwengeziwe, lawa maseli athola izinguquko zofuzo ezithathwa njengamaseli omdlavuza.
Ukuhlola
Wonke amakhaya kufanele ahlolwe i-radon, nakuba ezinye izindawo zingase zibe namazinga aphakeme.I-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ine- Radon Zone Map kulabo abanesithakazelo sokubheka ingozi esimweni sabo. Ngokuvamile, 1 kumakhaya angu-15 ase-US kulinganiselwa ukuthi inezinga eliphezulu le-radon, futhi emhlabeni jikelele, i-World Health Organization inqume ukuthi amaphesenti angama-15 wamanqamu emaphaphu emhlabeni jikelele ngenxa yokungena kwe-radon.
Ungaqasha umuntu ukuhlola ikhaya lakho nge-radon, kodwa ama-kits wokuhlola alula ngaphansi kwe-$ 20 atholakala ezitolo eziningi ze-hardware.
Lezi zikhonkwane zivame ukufakwa ezindaweni eziphansi kunazo zonke ekhaya futhi zishiye endaweni ezincane izinsuku ezimbalwa. Ikhamera ithunyelwa kumkhiqizi obuyisela umbiko ngezinga le-radon. Funda kabanzi mayelana nokuhlolwa kwe-radon .
Zithini Umphumela?
E-United States, izinga le-radon ngaphezu kwe-4pCi / L (ama-pico curies ngalinye ilitha) libhekwa njengelijwayelekile futhi kufanele lilungiswe. Ukulungiswa kufanele kucatshangelwe namazinga phakathi kwe-2pCi / L no-4pCi / L. E-Canada, noma yiliphi izinga elingaphezulu kwe-2pCi / L libhekwa njengelingavamile. Ukuze siqonde ukubaluleka kwala mazinga, i-Environmental Protection Agency yenze ukuhlolwa kokungena engcupheni emakhaya.
Izinga lika-4pCi / L libhekwa ngokuphindwe kasikhombisa ukuthi kungabangela ukufa kunengozi yokufa emgwaqeni.
Ukunciphisa i-Radon
Uma imiphumela ye-radon iphakanyisiwe, ukulungiswa kuvame ukubiza phakathi kuka- $ 800 no-$ 2500. Izinkontileka eziqinisekisiwe zingatholakala ngesayithi lika-EPA lokuxhumana no-E-radon. Uma wakha ikhaya elisha, hlola ekwakhiweni kuka-radon ukumelana. Funda kabanzi mayelana nokunciphisa i-radon .
With Concerns noma Ukuze Ufunde Okungaphezulu Nge Radon
- I-Radon National Hotline - 1-800-767-7236
- I-National Radon Helpline - 1-800-557-2366
- I-Radon Fix-It Line - 1-800-644-6999
Imithombo:
Choi, J., Park, S., Noh, O., Koh, Y., noD. Kang. Ucwaningo oluthola ukuguqulwa kwegenesheni lokutholakala komdlavuza we-lung lungaphazamisi ngenxa yokungena kwe-radon yangaphakathi. Ama-Annal of Medicine Occupational and Environmental . 201. 28:13.
I-Environmental Protection Agency. I-Radon. Kubuyekezwe 05/17/16. https://www.epa.gov/radon
Yoon, J., Lee, J., Joo, S., noD. Kang. Ukutholakala kwe-radon yangaphandle kanye nomdlavuza wamaphaphu: ukubuyekezwa kwezifundo zemvelo. Ama-Annal of Medicine Occupational and Environmental . 2016. 28:15.