A statewide association is urging Hoosiers to evaluate the dangers of radon gas, the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers.
Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day indoor radon measurements from 2001 to 2021. Findings reveal that nearly 25% of ...
The EPA and the U.S. Surgeon General have determined that exposure to radon gas is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in ...
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...
Deep within the ground, naturally occurring uranium in rocks and soil breaks down, releasing a radioactive gas called radon. It rises through the dirt, dissipating into the open air. But when radon ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's not surprising the number one cause of lung cancer is smoking. You might think secondhand smoke is the number 2 cause, but you'd be wrong. Radon gas kills more people. This gas ...
FLORENCE, Ky. (WKRC) -The Northern Kentucky Health Department is asking everyone to test their homes, saying you may be living with a silent killer. Radon is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas ...