Mississippi didnât just officially end slavery. The year Mississippi took its brave stand against enslaving African-Americans was not 2013. It was 1995. Only 130 years too late. So there.Some didnât vote, but we didnât receive a ânayâ vote.â. Tweet. By now you may have heard that on February 7th of this year, 2013, the state of Mississippi officially abolished slavery by adopting the 13th amendment to the Constitution.
It exists in both natural and man-made forms and has many beneficial uses, including x-rays and the generation of electrical power. Radon is a natural form of radiation that can cause serious health problems and is often found in igneous rock and soil. An odorless, colorless radioactive gas, radon is estimated to be the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, responsible for over 20,000 estimated lung cancer deaths each year.
An increased risk of lung cancer is the only known health effect associated with exposures to elevated radon levels. When radon decays within your lungs it releases energy that can damage lung tissue and lead to lung cancer over the course of your lifetime.esting for radon is simple and inexpensive. There are many 'do-it-yourself' kits you can buy at retail outlets or through the mail. (See next question for where to get a test kit.) EPA recommends placing the radon kit in the lowest lived-in level of the home.