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

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A potentially life-threatening gas enters Minnesota homes at higher rates than other states. During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to better understand: What is radon? How ...

(WJHL) — Radon is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that is produced when limestone or granite bedrock breaks down. It is radioactive and can cause lung cancer with long-term exposure. The high ...

Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners ...

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Radon is a radioactive gas found in many homes and is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as the result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

Levels of cancer-causing radon gas in Pennsylvania homes have increased as the fracking industry has expanded, a new study shows. The study is a preliminary "first look" into a possible connection ...

Tests have shown more than half of the houses in Morgan County have dangerously high levels of the radioactive gas radon.