Final Event at Sala Zuccari

Rome, 10 May 2022 - The results of the "Life Respire" project (Life of the month of January on the website of the Ministry of Ecological transition) and the proposal of the National Action Plan for of Radon, edited by the Mild and the Ministry of Health , on Monday 9 May in Rome, in the Senate's Zuccari room, as part of the conference "Radon from geology to indoor risk management".

Three objectives achieved by the "Life Respire" project: monitoring of the radon concentration; A map of the geological characteristics of the territory from which to obtain the presence of radon in the ground of the municipalities involved (Caprarola, Celleno and Ciampino in Lazio, Ardenne in Belgium); Territorial planning thanks to a series of documents that local authorities will be able to use.

The proposal of the National Action Plan for Radon was drawn up thanks to the commitment and collaboration of experts of the competent ministries, the ISIN, the Higher Institute of Health and the Regions. In addition, the activities started by ISPRA, MITE and ministry of health were illustrated pending adoption of the plan, which consist in the definition of geological criteria and indicators to support the identification of the priority areas, in harmonization and coordination of the interventions and policies related to radon with those aimed at the energy efficiency of buildings and the improvement of indoor air quality and in the construction of web pages aimed at citizens and businesses, effective and interactive for a knowledge of the radon and projects theme of Citizen Science.  The study day ended with a video message from the Undersecretary for Mild Vannia Gava.

Print report available at

https://www.mite.gov.it/notizie/al-senato-focus-sul-radon-presentati-i-r...

the video of the conference is available at link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dne6NT4Blcy0LDEITOq2J6z0PRjYrC-4/view?u...