National and EPA-supported programs are encouraging middle and high school students to explore radon through science fair projects, from modeling lung damage to building mitigation systems. Advanced ...

Investigators sought to determine whether higher home radon levels are associated with increased risk for ovarian cancer.

The University has closed off the basement of Forbes College after students raised concerns that area, as well as the basement of Edwards Hall, might contain unusually high concentrations of the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — January is National Radon Action Month, and the American Lung Association is urging everyone to test their homes for radon. According to reports from the American Lung ...

Just 12% of Maine’s school buildings were tested in the past 5 years, and nearly a quarter of them had elevated levels of the ...

Levels of radon, an invisible, odorless radioactive gas, have been rising measurably in Pennsylvania since the controversial practice of fracking started there, researchers reported Thursday. The ...

A new bill in the state House would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results. Blamed for 20,000 deaths per year, radon is the leading cause of ...

La Plata County is one of 12 counties in the state to be upgraded to high risk for radon. Radon, a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas produced by the decay of uranium in rocks and soil, is the No. 1 ...

The Navy’s largest installation in Italy validated test results showing potentially dangerous radon levels at base schools ...