Q: I’ve been hearing a lot recently about how dangerous radon gas can be. I purchased a test kit for my home, but I don’t know what levels are considered high. Could you please explain safe radon ...
INDIANAPOLIS – You can’t smell it, you can’t see it, but it can be deadly over time. I’m talking about radon gas, and almost every home in America has it. In this Home Zone, we show you one way to ...
With the dawn of the season’s real estate “buying season” upon us, the recently publicized issues surrounding radon levels at Wilton’s Miller-Driscoll school become very relevant. Although every ...
Brian Yang first became aware of radon when his family moved from New Jersey to Center Valley two years ago. “We got a letter in the mail from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, ...
LUCKEY, Ohio — Radon testing conducted at three Luckey-area schools by state health authorities last week found acceptably low levels of radon on par with the national indoor average, according to the ...
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly half of Dane County homes tested for radon in the past three years had high levels of the gas, according to Public Health Madison & Dane County. Radon is a radioactive gas that ...
GAMBIER, Ohio (WCMH) – Scores of student apartments at Kenyon College have high radon levels, the college announced last week, prompting it to begin testing all campus buildings for the radioactive ...
We are continuously exposed to radioactivity in everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of radiation include microwave ovens in our kitchens and the radios we listen to in our cars. Most of ...
Low-level exposure at home may increase lung cancer risk. * THE QUESTION Radon has been shown to cause lung cancer in miners exposed underground to high levels of the radioactive gas. Do people whose ...