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Here's What Potential Buyers Need to Know About Radon in Homes
Bob Vila via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHere's What Potential Home Buyers Need to Know About Radon in Homes Purchasing a new home can be as...
What is radon? The radioactive gas is found in homes across the country
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became...
Living in South Dakota means elevated risk for radon exposure, lung cancer
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDonna Wright and her husband moved to the Black Hills in 2005 and built their home atop a mountain...
Dartmoor prisoners evacuated after radioactive gas detected
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRadon was first detected at HMP Dartmoor in 2020 - Ben Birchall/PA HMP Dartmoor has had to close...
Study links radon to increased risk of stroke
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoExposure to even moderate levels of radon -- a invisible odorless gas that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer -- has been linked to an increased...
Researchers working to identify GA neighborhoods with dangerous levels of cancer-causing gas
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA gas you can’t see, taste, or smell is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US and is...
Survey: Most Americans Have Never Had Their Homes Tested for Radon, a Leading Cause of Lung Cancer
Health via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRadon is one of the leading causes of lung cancer. But a new survey found most Americans haven't had their homes tested for the dangerous gas, and more than half aren't concerned about radon exposure in their homes or communities.
Your Michigan basement could harbor lung cancer risk — but DIY detection kit is free, easy
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe southwest is the U.S. center for uranium mining. But uranium is found everywhere, and the radon...
Monongalia County Health Department offers home radon testing in January
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 29—MORGANTOWN — If you reside in Monongalia County or nearby, you live in a radon zone. Nationally, 1 in 15 homes have high levels of radon, a natural gas that seeps up from the rocks in ...