Most people think of their basement as a storage space, a home gym, or a spot for the kids to hang out. Few ever stop to ...

Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.

The most dangerous threat in a home might not crackle, leak, or smell. It might sit quietly in the basement right now, building up with every passing day. Radon does not sting the nose. It does not ...

Many people don’t know how to protect their homes and loved ones from the harmful effects of radon. When radon is responsible for around 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, understanding how to ...

In North America, roughly one in five homes has high radon levels, depending on geography, construction, and ventilation ...

In today’s Health Alert, an invisible gas in your home could be raising cancer risk in women.  New research links radon ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - One in four Michigan homes has high levels of radon, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. So how common is it in ...

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 ...