{"id":1848,"date":"2021-11-01T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radonevolution.com\/le-gaz-radon\/"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:04:18","slug":"radon-gaz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.radonevolution.com\/en\/radon-gaz\/","title":{"rendered":"RADON GAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#009fe3&#8243; top_divider_style=&#8221;asymmetric2&#8243; top_divider_color=&#8221;#4a4a49&#8243; top_divider_height=&#8221;52px&#8221; top_divider_flip=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; top_divider_height_tablet=&#8221;27px&#8221; top_divider_height_phone=&#8221;9px&#8221; top_divider_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;asymmetric4&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#4a4a49&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;52px&#8221; bottom_divider_height_tablet=&#8221;32px&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#006ba9&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;41px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||22px&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;31px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=%22text-align: left;%22>Radon gas is measured in becquerels per cubic meter (Bq\/m3)<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#006ba9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; 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