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

Purchasing a new home can be as stressful as it is exciting. While most buyers seek out homes that suit their budgets and lifestyles, the homes also need to be in good structural condition and harbor ...

Presented at the Indoor Environments Symposium, new research highlights the critical amount of radon variation in buildings for working vs. non-working hours. The time when ventilation is started ...

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 ...

Up to a quarter of all Americans live in areas where radon levels are above the "action level" set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to a new paper in the journal ...

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.

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 ...

Do you have radon in your home? Unless you test for the harmful gas, it's impossible to know. According to a recent study completed by the American Lung Association, 13.9% of radon test results in New ...