Public meetings to highlight radon gas hazard

NATURALLY-OCCURRING radon gas, which kills 200 people each year, is so high in parts of south Cork and Cobh that public meetings are planned for next month to highlight the hazard.

As many as one in six homes in the Cobh and south Cork region may have high levels of radon gas, according to the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII).

“Much of Cobh and south Cork are classified as high radon areas. In Cobh, some 16% of the homes the RPII has measured have high radon levels.