Is Your Home Safe from Radon? Health Risks and How to Protect Yourself: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Radon is a colourless, odourless gas that poses a serious environmental health risk, often without ...

A radioactive gas could be contributing to asthma among schoolkids, researchers have found. Children exposed to elevated levels of radon gas tended to have more asthma symptoms, results show.

Radon is an odorless, invisible radioactive gas. It's naturally released from rocks, soil and water—and it can get trapped inside homes, offices or schools. There's no known safe level of radon. There ...

Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a "smoker's disease," a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or ...

The Dispatch will conduct some free radon testing in central Ohio homes, in partnership with a licensed professional. Ohioans can submit information to have their homes tested or share experiences ...

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Now a new study has found exposure to this invisible, odorless gas is also linked to an increased risk of stroke. The study, which examined exposures ...

Radon is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas arising from the decay of uranium in soil and rock. It can seep into buildings through foundations, accumulating to levels that pose a significant ...

University of Calgary researchers have found a link between radon exposure in rural homes based on how close they are to drilled groundwater wells. The transdisciplinary team was investigating why ...