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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, and nearly 50% of Colorado homes have unhealthy levels ...

A program to make people aware of the dangers of potentially cancer-causing radon gas in homes enlists real estate agents to distribute testing kits to their clients. But getting those clients — ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (EAU CLAIRE CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE) - During January, which is National Radon Action Month, community members can purchase a discounted home radon test kit from ...

Tests have shown more than half of the houses in Morgan County have dangerously high levels of the radioactive gas radon.

Gov. Jared Polis has proclaimed January 2024 National Radon Action Month and encourages Coloradans to reduce their risk of radon-induced lung cancer. The Colorado Department of Public Health & ...

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as a result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

Doug Hoffer, Vermont Auditor of Accounts Vermont schools should be healthy and safe environments in which to learn and work. To that end, the Vermont Legislature passed and the Governor signed into ...

A radioactive gas linked to lung cancer is seeping into homes across Regina and Saskatchewan, and experts say many residents ...