Irish house has one of the highest levels of radon in Europe
Figures from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) show the home, in the Castleisland area of Kerry, had an average radon concentration of 37,000 becquerels per cubic metre (Bq/m3), a staggering 185 times above the acceptable level.
The house is located just a few kilometres away from the highest ever reading in an Irish house of 49,000 Bq/m3 found in 2003. Occupants of this house developed lung cancer believed to be linked to the radon.
