EGU 2021 Session "Radon: geogenic sources, hazard mapping, and health risk"
16 PICO contributions from the Respire Project were presented during EGU General Assembly 2021, Session NH 8.5 "Radon: geogenic sources, hazard mapping, and health risk".
The session aim was to discuss concepts and frameworks that improve the understanding of radon concentrations (in the soil and indoor) and geological formations, and to examine potential population-level lung cancer risk from radon exposure.
Contributions from geochemists, physicists, geologists and physicians focused on the examination of the spatial and statistical associations between radon values and geological factors, discussion and sharing ideas and knowledge on the influence of geology on radon emission, health implications, measuring and mitigation methods, and its areal representation using the most promising techniques of the geospatial analysis.
Giancarlo Ciotoli (CNR-IGAG) was Convener of the Session, with Sabina Bigi (Sapienza University of Rome) and Alessandra Sciarra (INGV) as Co-conveners.
Here is the list of the presented contributions:
1.Harmonized radon data in the European Atlas of Natural Radiation Giorgia Cinelli, Peter Bossew, Marc De Cort, Valeria Gruber, and Tore Tollefsen |
2.First measurements of 222Rn and 220Rn activities in soil in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Livio Ruggiero, Alessandra Sciarra, Gianfranco Galli, Adriano Mazzini, Claudio Mazzoli, Maria Chiara Tartarello, Fabio Florindo, Gary Wilson, Sabina Bigi, Raffaele Sassi, Jacob Anderson, and Giancarlo Ciotoli
3.Application of Ground Penetrating Radar combined with 222Rn (Radon) measurements for serch geological faults in Mexicali Baja California, Mexico Octavio Lazaro-Mancilla, Jorge Ramirez-Hernandez, and Jaime Alonso Reyez-López Vimeo:
4.Soil gas changes at Terre Calde di Medolla during and after 2012 seismic sequence Alessandra Sciarra, Barbara Cantucci, Gianfranco Galli, and Daniele Cinti
5.Radon exhalation across the Periadriatic Lineament in the Pustertal/Pusteria Valley (Bolzano, North-Eastern Italy) Eleonora Benà, Giancarlo Ciotoli, Chiara Coletti, Antonio Galgaro, Matteo Massironi, Claudio Mazzoli, Pietro Morozzi, Livio Ruggiero, Alessandra Sciarra, Laura Tositti, and Raffaele Sassi
6.Comparison of 222Rn measurement methods in caves Sara Gil-Oncina, Concepción Pla, Javier Valdes-Abellan, Noé Garcia-Martinez, and David Benavente
7.Indoor Radon in public schools, a preliminary study in Central Portugal Carla Candeias, Alcides Pereira, and Fernando Rocha
8.Simulation of indoor radon and ventilation systems in a scale model room to assess the contribution of high activity building materials to indoor radon. Paola Tuccimei, Carlo Lucchetti, Gianfranco Galli, and Michele Soligo
9.Climate impact on radon risk for silty loam soils Javier Valdes-Abellan, Sara Gil-Oncina, Concepción Pla, Juan José Galiana-Merino, and David Benavente
10.Radon Health Impact Assessment and Risk Communication in Sardinia Region Liliana Cori, Massimo Cappai, Ivana Dettori, Natalina Loi, Pierpaolo Nurchis, Augusto Sanna, Grazia Serra, Elio Sirigu, Marcello Tidore, and Fabrizio Bianchi
11.GioGas: Edutainment and Gas Hazards Francesca Cirillo, Gala Avvisati, Maria Luisa Carapezza, Giuliana D'Addezio, Enrica Marotta, Rosario Peluso, Antonio Scelzo, Alessandra Sciarra, and Luca Tarchini
12.Mapping indoor radon: individual vs. collective hazard Eric Petermann and Peter Bossew
13.Methodologies for risk mapping of radon gas at various scales in Tondela and Oliveira do Hospital region (center of Portugal) Gustavo Santiago and Alcides Pereira
14.Mapping the Geogenic Radon Hazard Index of Italy Francesca Giustini, Monia Procesi, MariaGrazia Finoia, Raffaele Sassi, Claudio Mazzoli, and Giancarlo Ciotoli
15.The Empirical Bayesian Regression Kriging (EBRK) to map the Geogenic Radon Potential (GRP). A case of study from the Euganean Hills (Italy). Chiara Coletti, Giancarlo Ciotoli, Eleonora Benà, Erika Brattich, Giorgia Cinelli, Antonio Galgaro, Matteo Massironi, Claudio Mazzoli, Domiziano Mostacci, Paolo Mozzi, Livio Ruggiero, Alessandra Sciarra, Laura Tositti, and Raffaele Sassi
16.What do we want to learn from spatial data? Asking the right questions – challenges in radon mapping Peter Bossew and Eric Petermann
