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31
Aug

EMFSA August 2023 Newsletter

August 31, 2023
Image: Cape Town Sunset EMFSA Image: Key words in this month’s newsletter. Read our newsletter at: https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/enforcement-monitoring-compliance-configuration-data-transparency
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31
Jan

Comments on Climate Change Bill tabled in Parliament, February 2022

January 31, 2023
Photo by redcharlie | @redcharlie1 on Unsplash Comments submitted by EMFSA in 2022: The bill is important to us because we are concerned about increasing pollution caused by ionizing and non ionizing radiation, as well as light pollution. We support this very important bill, however we have some concerns and suggestions: There is a lack...
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07
Jun

Radon: Protect Your Health at Home

June 7, 2022
What is Radon and How are We Exposed to It? https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-radon-and-how-are-we-exposed-to-it
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14
Oct

Urgent action needed on radioactive gas levels in South African homes

October 14, 2019
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/science/323124-urgent-action-needed-on-radioactive-gas-levels-in-south-african-homes.html The National Nuclear Regulator has warned that South Africa must urgently start to monitor the levels of radioactive radon gas in local homes to protect its citizens. Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when uranium, thorium, or radium – which are radioactive metals – break down in rocks, soil, and groundwater. In South Africa, there...
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30
Sep

EMFSA September 2019 Newsletter

September 30, 2019
Our September 2019 Newsletter can be viewed at: https://mailchi.mp/7fbfa35f0406/emfnews
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24
Sep

Estimation of radon potential through measurement of uranium concentrations in granite geology

September 24, 2019
Jacques Bezuidenhout Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa ABSTRACT The geology of an area can be used as a predictor for radon potential. Granite rock typically contains a high concentration of uranium and subsequent elevated emanation of radon gas. The geology of the western part of the Western Cape Province in South...
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