LandSearch Adds Radon Searches to its Land Registry Portfolio

This is an age where the controversy surrounding the building of new nuclear power stations and the dangers they represent has become headline news again. Few have forgotten the danger of radioactivity from Chernobyl when it went badly wrong. The different factions put forward their points of view to make the earth and this country in particular a cleaner and safer place to live in. We forget that radioactivity occurs naturally all around us to a greater or lesser extent in the form of radon gas.

(PRWEB) July 17, 2006 -- Radon is a natural radioactive gas which enters houses from the ground underneath. It is formed from the uranium which is found in all rocks and soils. The levels of radon gas indoors depend on the concentration of radon in the ground, how the house has been built and the way in which it is heated and ventilated. Levels vary widely between houses that may seem to be identical and between different parts of the country. The only way to find out is to measure it. Information is available on radon levels for most of the country.

LandSearch, as an extension to its land registry and other searches, can provide a report on the radon levels in the approximate area to where your house or future house is situated. This requirement is increasingly asked for by local authorities and mortgage lenders as well as concerned householders. It is not possible to provide a report on an individual house as these reports are made to individual owners in confidence.

Indoor radon has been found to be the second most important cause of lung cancer after smoking. Levels in most homes are low, below the 200Bq per cubic metre at which action should be taken. However, when this level is reached remedial action should be taken to reduce radon levels.

Indoor radon levels can be reduced on a temporary basis by increasing ventilation such as opening ground floor windows. This however is not a permanent solution. The highest levels are found at night and in winter when few people are willing to keep doors and windows open. Fortunately there are proven radon reduction measures that can be taken. Contacting the Environmental Health Department of your local authority is a good first step to take.

LandSearch is the only independent company to offer a complete Land Registry Service for the whole of the UK and Ireland. In addition it can supply arrange of local authority and environmental searches such as radon searches. We also supply boundary dispute searches, index maps, main title deeds and plans, name of owner searches, history and manorial searches, bankruptcy and company searches, searches of properties with no postal address and more.

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