Radon:Dangers in the Home and Radon Testing

Discovery of Radon

Jan 1, 1900

In the year of 1900 Radon was discovered by Friedrich Ernst Dorn.

Radon & the Periodic Table

Jan 1, 1903

Sir William Ramsay determined the atomic weight of radon and decided to put it on the Periodic Table.

Radon gets it's Name!

Jan 1, 1918

In 1918 a scientist named Schimdt
proposed the name "radon" from "radium".

Testing Begins

Jan 1, 1980

Testing for radon began in uranium mines, then later begun in homes during the 1980's.