Project to protect against deadly gas

MORE than 200 people die from exposure to radon gas each year. The stark figures were the inspiration behind a project by two students from Loughrea in Co Galway, who may have found a solution to the growing problem.

Mide Callanan and Edel Flynn, both 16 and from St Brigid’s Vocational School, presented impressed spectators and interested judges with a prototype of the ideal home that protects the occupants from the dangers of radon gas.

The wooden structure, built with the help of classmates in woodwork class, provides a practical method of laying out a home that is insulated from the harmful toxins of the gas.