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

Radon, an odorless radioactive gas that seeps from soil into homes, is responsible for an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That figure, drawn from federal risk ...

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 ...

If you’ve come across radon, it’s probably as part of a home inspection that turned closing into a big hassle for everyone. But radon is no small matter. Take this threat seriously if it shows up in ...

Let’s face it, “radioactive gas” isn’t exactly a cheerful topic for dinner conversation. But when radon shows up on a home inspection report, it can quickly become top of mind. Radon needs to be taken ...

Could a lower threshold for radon levels in Canadian homes protect more people from getting lung cancer? Some researchers say ...

One oncologist specializing in lung cancer sees a “tremendous number” of patients who don’t know the risks of radon.

A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation.

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