The dangers of living in a basement

As the name suggests, a basement is a dark and damp room underground. Many people who are wandering around have to live in the basement when they first start their careers if they cannot rent a suitable room. The space in the basement is very small and dark, and there is no sunlight for a long time, so living in the basement for a long time is very harmful to the human body. So, what are the dangers of living in a basement?

1. If a basement is sealed for a long time, it may cause a person to faint and suffocate to death if not treated urgently.

2: If someone goes into a basement that has not been sealed for too long, it will not cause any harm to anyone. If you live like you said, you will get rheumatism because of the humidity in the basement for a long time, which is bad for your health. According to research, regardless of whether the basement is visibly damp on the surface, there is moisture and it is very serious. In Chinese terms, it is a kind of negative energy invading the body. Living there for a long time will cause serious rheumatic diseases. What is more serious is that there is a gas underground called "radon", which is a radioactive gas that can penetrate walls and wooden boards. There is a large amount of radon in the basement, which seriously endangers people's health. Radon is a radioactive gas that is different from volatile gases. It is colorless, odorless, intangible and invisible. It is widely present in human living and working environments. It has been announced by the World Health Organization as one of the 19 major environmental carcinogens. It is the second largest factor in inducing lung cancer after smoking.

When you breathe, radon gas and its progeny enter the lungs with the airflow. When the radon progeny decay, they emit alpha rays, which bombard lung cells like small "bombs", damaging them and thus increasing the possibility of lung cancer. Medical research has confirmed that radon gas may also cause leukemia, infertility, fetal malformations, and genetic malformations. Scientists have calculated that living in an environment with an indoor radon concentration of 200 becquerels per cubic meter is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day per person. However, since the windows in the basement have not been opened for a long time, the radon content in the basement is greater than the above indicator. It was horrible to see.