National Radon Regulation Status by Country

Regulatory data on the existence of national policies for radon gas control. The dataset is compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) from member state reports. The temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between a country's radon regulation status and its reported lung cancer incidence rates.
• Map the global distribution of countries with and without national radon action plans using the country identifier field.
• Track the adoption of radon regulations over time if a year or effective_date column is present.
• Benchmark national policy frameworks by comparing regulation_type or policy_stage fields across regions.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization (WHO).
• Focuses on a specific, critical environmental health policy indicator.

Limitations

• The number of countries covered and the total row count are unknown.
• Data may be stale if the last update date is not recent.
• Lack of column details prevents assessment of feature depth and granularity.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection Method

Compiled from member state reports and surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Global, country-level