January is Radon Action Month. Radon is responsible for about 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year in the United States. About 2,900 of these deaths occur among people who have ...

Once indoors, radon can build up to dangerous levels and release radioactive particles that attack your lungs with dangerous, ...

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One of the key reasons why radon hasn't been talked about until more recently is because our scientific understanding of the negative effects of radon is relatively new. "Radon poses an easily ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing another action plan to protect people from the dangers of exposure to radon. The new plan brings together Cabinet departments, such as Agriculture, ...

In an effort to help prevent lung cancer from exposure to radon gas, Walking Mountains Science Center’s Energy Smart Colorado program has partnered with Vail Health’s Shaw Cancer Center and Eagle ...

Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) encourages residents to test their homes for radon, an invisible, odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. Radon is a naturally occurring gas that decays into ...

In their search for dark matter, scientists from the XENON Collaboration are using one of the world's most sensitive dark matter detectors, XENONnT at the Gran Sasso Laboratory of the National ...

This story is sponsored by Utahradon.org. Almost everyone has an occasional cough or congestion and they write it off as no big deal, but if you live in Utah, it's critical to be aware that a bigger ...