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 ...
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After testing for radon in their Prince Edward Island home, the Galloway family wants others to test theirs. Kelly Galloway ...
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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Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.
For two weeks straight, Stanley Watras set off the radiation alarms as he entered his workplace at the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. Authorities at the plant were stunned to learn that ...
Radon is an odorless, invisible radioactive gas. It's naturally released from rocks, soil and water—and it can get trapped inside homes, offices or schools. There's no known safe level of radon. There ...
This story is sponsored by UtahRadon.org. New data from Alpha Energy Laboratories shows that 48.3% of Utah homes tested for radon between 2015 and 2025 had levels high enough to warrant a radon ...
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — January is National Radon Action, or Awareness, month and multiple health organizations have campaigned to test for radon through their different programs. Organizations ...