No areas of the country are free from exposure, and people are encouraged to test their homes. Scientists link indoor gas to ...

New findings from the NC Department of Health and Human Services reveal high radon levels detected in 77 out of 100 North ...

The source of radon gas, uranium, has been around for eons, but how we've interacted and understood its impact in the last ...

According to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNW), and the Northern Michigan Public Health Alliance (NMPHA), J ...

Radon—an odorless, tasteless and colorless gas found in homes and buildings at high levels throughout the United States—is the second leading cause of lung cancer, responsible for about 21,000 deaths ...

Smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer and radon exposure is the second leading cause. People who smoke who are also exposed to radon are at an even greater risk of lung cancer, so it is ...

A Prison Service spokesperson confirmed testing was still taking place. Radon is an odourless radioactive gas formed by decaying uranium found in rocks and soils. Sarah Rigby, the regional ...

In fact, the Kent County Health Department says this gas, known as radon, is the leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. among non-smokers. And, according to one expert, it's basically everywhere.

A private boarding school has been fined £50,000 after exposing five pupils, two employees and their children to high levels of radioactive radon gas. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found ...