ST. PAUL, Minn. — A potentially life-threatening gas enters Minnesota homes at higher rates than other states. During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to better understand: What is radon? How ...

Many people don’t know how to protect their homes and loved ones from the harmful effects of radon. When radon is responsible for around 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, understanding how to ...

We are continuously exposed to radioactivity in everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of radiation include microwave ovens in our kitchens and the radios we listen to in our cars. Most of ...

Verified accuracy in radon monitoring is the only way to prevent "false safety" readings that leave families unknowingly ...

The Dispatch will conduct some free radon testing in central Ohio homes, in partnership with a licensed professional. Ohioans can submit information to have their homes tested or share experiences ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Since radon is unrelated to the mechanical breakdown of home systems and appliances, your warranty most likely does ...

In case you haven't heard, it's National Radon Action Month. Every January, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies hit the airwaves to tell us that radon gas can kill and that ...

New single or two family homes would have to have passive radon mitigation systems, under a bill (HF 2297) unanimously advanced by the Iowa Senate Wednesday.

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 ...

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

Homeowner.ca today launched the Radon Risk Lookup, a free tool that helps Canadian homeowners instantly assess indoor‑radon ...