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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer for people who have never used tobacco. Francesco Scatena/iStock via Getty ...

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 ...

New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal ...

Radon gas exposure can cause lung cancer. Walking Mountains Science Center has partnered with Vail Health’s Shaw Cancer Center and Eagle County’s Environmental Health Department to raise awareness and ...

Elana Kirshenbaum began renting her South Kingstown townhouse with her then 2-year-old daughter in the summer of 2020. It was a bright space with modern appliances, operated by luxury apartment ...

Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill requiring passive radon mitigation systems in all newly built single- and two-family homes, sending it to the governor for approval. The legislation responds to ...

Eleanor Hubley Manor is a modest, beige one-storey apartment building just off a highway interchange near Halifax. As part of the province’s subsidized housing network, it is home to about eight ...

A majority of Indiana counties, including Johnson County, are in the red zone for radon, according to this 2014 map from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Red zones are areas with the highest ...

To help prevent lung cancer from exposure to radon gas, Walking Mountains has partnered with Eagle County Public Health and Environment and Vail Health’s Shaw Cancer Center to raise awareness and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jan Lowery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) In ...