SWAT Environmental reports that radon, a harmful gas linked to lung cancer, can be mitigated by testing and using techniques like active soil depressurization.

PROBLEM. THAT IS, A RADIOACTIVE GAS THAT HAS NO COLOR, SMELL, OR TASTE. SO IT’S DIFFICULT TO DETECT. BUT THE IOWA CANCER CONSORTIUM SAYS LUNG CANCER FROM RADON EXPOSURE RESULTS IN 400 DEATHS ANNUALLY ...

Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. An estimated 50% of Ohio homes may have high levels of radon due to minerals deposited by glaciers ...

WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - A 5K was hosted at Colby College to help mitigate the nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer. “Radon is a big problem in Maine. I’m actually a family practice ...

RISKS AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE. YOU CAN’T SEE IT OR SMELL IT, BUT THIS GAS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DEADLY, AND IT HAS TO BE DETECTED THROUGH DEVICES LIKE THIS ONE, EXPERTS WARN THAT YOU COULD ...

A Dispatch investigation found Ohio has failed to enact widespread policies for radon testing and mitigation, unlike many other states. Newark is ground zero for radon as a recent study found it has ...

IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. KCCI 8 NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS SINCE GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SUBMITTED IOWA’S APPLICATION FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL ...

For two weeks straight, Stanley Watras set off the radiation alarms as he entered his workplace at the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. Authorities at the plant were stunned to learn that ...

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Eleanor Hubley Manor is a modest, beige one-storey apartment building just off a highway interchange near Halifax. As part of the province’s subsidized housing network, it is home to about eight ...