GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has drastically cut the maximum amount of radon, a naturally occurring gas, that should be permitted in homes because of strong evidence it ...

When it is very cold outside, many people keep their windows shut - but the risk of deadly radon gas rises if you don't air ...

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

Our neighbors were selling their home and had it tested for radon. The test was positive. Why should we be concerned about ...

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, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The National Cancer Institute lists radon as the second-leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking. Here @ Home sits down with Philip Agee, an assistant professor of building ...

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PHOENIX — Health experts are warning Arizona residents about the invisible threat of radon gas, a naturally occurring substance known to cause lung cancer. “Radon is undetectable by someone living in ...

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 ...

One of the leading causes of lung cancer is exposure to a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is especially prevalent in Pennsylvania. Radon accounts for more than half of all human radiation ...

* New WHO maximum is one-tenth previous level * Radon "major and growing public health threat in homes" * Radon exposure causes 3-14 percent of lung cancers By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Sept 22 ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...