Gamma exposure due to building materials
Mandatory
Required: must be met for the credential.
Superseded
The document this clause was read from is superseded. It is kept so older citations resolve.
Klar Cite summary
Products are expected to emit natural gamma levels close to the typical activity concentration tabulated in the standard. Recommended, not required. It applies to any product that contains materials derived from rock and soil. This concerns human health.
Global GreenTag·clause 7.13.1·p.121
Human Health
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Details
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
Concrete: 240 Bq kg-1 Aerated and light-weight concrete: 2600 Bq kg-1 Clay (red) bricks: 200 Bq kg-1 Sand-lime bricks: 25 Bq kg-1 Natural building stones: 500 Bq kg-1 Natural gypsum: 70 Bq kg-1 By-product gypsum: 1100 Bq kg-1 Blast furnace slag: 2100 Bq kg-1 Coal fly ash: 1100 Bq kg-1
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
- Applies to
- any product that contains materials derived from rock and soil
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
Klar Cite’s reading
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- Type of requirement
- Meet a limit or condition — e.g. a maximum emission or a minimum recycled content
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Topic
- Human Health — the topic the clause addresses, grouped by the Common Materials Framework (CMF)
- Refers to
- Table 7 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
Global GreenTag · Global GreenTag Products Standard v4.0 · version v4.0 · clause 7.13.1 · page 121 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/99a61bcdb16ddec9
Record details
Page 121, 7.13 Radiation Protection - Supplementary Standard. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.
uid 99a61bcdb16ddec9 · document 19f5424624592d52 · fidelity verbatim · published 2016-01-01