Passive radon mitigation systems would be required in some new homes, under a bill (HF 2297) advanced by the Iowa House.

The Iowa House approved a bill requiring radon mitigation systems in newly built homes, aiming to reduce cancer risks linked ...

At the request of Councilor Marco Yepez-Gomez — and amidst ongoing conversations about Iowa’s troublesome cancer rates — the Marshalltown city council discussed and informally agreed on adding code ...

Radon, an odorless radioactive gas that seeps from soil into homes, is responsible for an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That figure, drawn from federal risk ...

In Nelson and the surrounding Kootenay region, there’s a hidden issue affecting every 1 in 3 homes – and most residents don’t even know it’s there. Radon gas, an invisible and odorless radioactive gas ...

The Rocky Mountain Range is a wonder of nature, thrust into being over a 25-million-year orogeny (period of mountain-building) which began approximately 80-million years ago, it’s the product of the ...

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After testing for radon in their Prince Edward Island home, the Galloway family wants others to test theirs. Kelly Galloway and her family have lived in their Stratford home for 27 years. She said her ...

The most dangerous threat in a home might not crackle, leak, or smell. It might sit quietly in the basement right now, ...

SWAT Environmental reports that radon, a harmful gas linked to lung cancer, can be mitigated by testing and using techniques like active soil depressurization.

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