Detection and importance of the presence of Radon Gas in Buildings

Abstract

Radon is a type of radioactive gaseous element that is considered as an extremely harmful element to people’s health by the World Health Organization (WHO). The study is radon gas within the framework of construction. Radon is a radioactive element that is present in building materials as in all fields where human construct the buildings. This element is present both in the lives of people and according to the World Health Organization is an element of risk in cancer formation in the body of human beings. The purpose of the article is to list the different forms of radon entry into buildings and the different exposure level representing the land or the materials and construction techniques, which are developed with houses. In Spain, the Technical Building Code (CTE) still does not provide the dose of radon can contain up a building and as contain, unlike other countries with different laws at the level of health and in terms of building, have tools and engaged in trying to curb the existence of radon inside buildings.