Open AccessRadon Monitoring: Pathway to Environmental Sustainability
Author(s) -
M.R. Usikalu,
J. A. Achuka,
C. A. Onumejor,
A. Akinpelu,
Maxwell Omeje
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1299/1/012097
Subject(s) - radon , sustainability , sustainable development , population , environmental science , environmental planning , environmental engineering , environmental health , ecology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
One important dimension of environmental sustainability is the need to maintain ecosystem services critical to the human population. These services include providing food, shelter, and construction materials. It has been discovered that construction materials contain certain amount of radon. So humans are most susceptible to radon related problems because we spend at least one third of the day indoor. Maintaining environmental sustainability is crucial to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Radon monitoring is essential in determining the actual level of exposure in buildings. The indoor radon concentration in Covenant University Centre for Research Innovation and Development (CUCRID) has been studied using RAD7 radon detector machine. The result fro the study revealed that the average cumulative radon concentration for the building is 16.15 Bqm −3 which is lower than the permissible recommended level. Hence, it can be concluded that the radon level in CUCRID building does not pose any risk level to the occupants therefore the environment is safe for workers.