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Radon exposure in homes is a leading cause of lung cancer, but the rate at which householders test for it is low. In a … design interventions to increase perceived risk from radon and motivate testing. Results show that providing information … about radon increased belief that exposure would lead to negative consequences. Interactive maps that depict the …
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The early days of tourism development had a näive vision of tourism's impacts on society in terms of economic, social, and environmental benefits. Time has passed, and we have learnt lessons regarding the success and failure of tourism development. Mass tourism development has pros and cons...
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Exposure to radon gas is a leading cause of lung cancer. Testing homes for the gas is straightforward, yet most people … to encourage test uptake. Households (N = 3,500) in areas at high risk of radon exposure were randomly assigned to …-designed enveloped with a radon risk map of the household's county. The behaviourally-informed letter led to a large increase in test …
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Improving the energy efficiency of the residential building stock has increasingly been promoted by policy makers as a means of reducing energy demand in the residential sector. We review the literature on some non-energy impacts of energy efficiency retrofitting measures aimed at increasing the...
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This paper uses the housing market to examine the costs of indoor air pollution. We focus on radon, an indoor air … exogenous variation in published radon risk levels. Using a repeat-sales approach, we find a significant negative relationship … between changes in published radon risk levels and residential property prices of affected properties. Interestingly, we do …
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-treated groundwater diminishes the progression of CKDu; thus, proper maintenance of these RO plants is indispensable to protect public … health. This study investigated the quality characteristics of groundwater in the endemic areas of CKDu; the performance … analyzed feedwater (i.e., groundwater) and treated water from 32 RO plants in Anuradhapura District, comprising 27 in the CKDu …
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This study describes the results of groundwater table variation in Thanjavur District before and after the monsoon … seasons. Groundwater-level data acquired by the field measurement and the elevation data have been obtained from the … topographic survey. Groundwater is the major source for different sectors in this region, and the major portion was used for …
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settings. In this study, 397 groundwater pumps were observed in Plateau State, Nigeria over 12 months in 2021. Two hundred of …
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are tolerated by the authorities. Groundwater overexploitation for irrigation has created in these areas an unprecedented …
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weighting (IDW) interpolation method is applied for the spatial distribution of rainfall, temperature and groundwater level … hydrological components (e.g., groundwater level) the Kendalls Tau test was performed. It is found that the maximum urban built …-up area has increased during the last two decades with fluctuations in depth to groundwater level in northern, north …
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