Heart palpitations can be triggered by stress, exercise, medication or, rarely, a medical condition. Although heart palpitations can be worrisome, they're usually harmless. In rare cases, heart palpitations can be a symptom of a more serious heart condition, such as an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), that may require treatment. Symptoms.
Long-term exposure to radon can lead to lung cancer, the only cancer proven to be associated with inhaling radon. There has been a suggestion of increased risk of leukemia associated with radon exposure in adults and children; however, the evidence is not conclusive.
Radon occurs from alpha decay of solid radium, that is, with the loss of two protons and two neutrons alpha particles are emitted. Felsic, igneous parent bed rock such as granâ¦ite can contain trace amounts of radium.