The most dangerous threat in a home might not crackle, leak, or smell. It might sit quietly in the basement right now, ...

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 ...

Exposure to radon was linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study suggested. Among 9,107 mothers-to-be, those living in U.S. counties with the highest radon ...

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

Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas detected at 16 UK prisons - High levels of radon gas, which can increase the risk ...

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

(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 ...

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 ...

Most people think about family history, genetics, or age when they think about Alzheimer's. While those factors are well known, researchers are now studying whether long-term exposure to certain ...

January is national radon action month, and Aspen and Pitkin County are offering all residents free radon test kits throughout the month. Radon is an invisible, odorless, and naturally-occurring ...

BOISE, Idaho — Radon, a colorless, odorless, and invisible radioactive gas, is present in homes across Idaho, and experts say its levels are high in a big portion of the state. According to the Idaho ...

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