On April 21, 2022, MS Energy Solutions, the ELTE LRG research group and the Earth Physics and Space Research Institute organized an online conference entitled “Radon and the human environment“.
Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive noble gas that is harmful to health and is a natural decay product of uranium. This invisible gas can accumulate in closed spaces, so if we stay there for a long time (for example in schools, kindergartens, workplaces and homes), it poses a risk to our health above a certain limit.
At the online conference, the interested parties could get an overview of the latest research results regarding the occurrence of radon with the presentations of domestic and international experts dealing with radon. We were also able to hear about radon measurement methods, the latest instrument developments, and the legal background and national surveys regarding health effects.
Among the speakers was Anita Erőss, a staff member of the Chair, who in her presentation entitled “Radon in groundwater” reviewed the conditions under which radon can accumulate in groundwater and how it can be used in scientific research to map groundwater flow systems.
At the conference, one of the former colleagues of the Chair, Petra Kovácsné Bodor, also presented her research results. In her lecture entitled “The radon content of the Gellért thermal springs in the light of precipitation processes”, she covered the origin and enrichment of radon, which often occurs in higher concentrations in Budapest’s thermal waters.