As Patti – who never smoked – found herself plagued with the stigma of others' automatic assumptions that she somehow caused ...

Dispatch forum on radon at the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Reynoldsburg branch. But what can you do to get rid of it and protect yourself and your family from the leading cause of lung ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- January is Radon Action Month, and public health officials in Winnebago County are using it as an opportunity to remind homeowners of the importance of radon testing. "Winnebago ...

ROCKVILLE, MD / ACCESSWIRE / March 20, 2018 / You can not see radon gas. It does not have color or smell, but it can kill you. If inhaled, radon gas decay products (polonium-218 and polonium-214) can ...

Most radon inspection costs range from $146 to $716, though a typical average is $420. Homeowners anticipating the cost of a radon inspection will need to consider factors such as the home size, ...

Radon — a carcinogen known to cause cancer in humans — is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, resulting in about 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year. Only smoking causes more ...

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 ...

The University has closed off the basement of Forbes College after students raised concerns that area, as well as the basement of Edwards Hall, might contain unusually high concentrations of the ...

(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, and nearly 50% of Colorado homes have unhealthy levels of cancer-causing radon. This winter, the El Paso County Public ...

As radioactive atoms are transported through groundwater aquifers in the form of gaseous radon, they are eventually transferred to the atmosphere. Measurements of the rate of this transfer can, in ...