During the 20th century, tobacco-smoking has become the dominant cause of lung-cancer throughout the world (USDHHS 1989; Wu-Williams and Samet 1994; Peto and others 1992). This rapidly fatal ...

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 ...

Aasron Goodarzi (left) stands at the well head on Henk de Haan's (right) property. New study finds elevated radon gas levels in rural homes with close proximity to drilled groundwater wells.

Radon creates no smell, smoke or immediate symptom as it enters a house through soil and foundation openings. A basement can look perfectly dry and well maintained while the radioactive gas ...

BOULDER, Mont. — Twice a year, Brian Tichenor makes the 1,200-mile drive each way from his home in Kansas to a defunct uranium mine in Montana, where he takes an elevator 85 feet below the surface to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 55% of respondents were not concerned about radon exposure in their homes, schools or community. There ...

Small steps have been taken to address the health threat that researchers have acknowledged for decades, but a growing group of concerned Iowans worries that neither lawmakers nor doctors are doing ...

Radon-222, a noble gas resulting from the decay of naturally occurring uranium-238, was the first occupational respiratory carcinogen to be identified. As early as the 1500s, Agricola chronicled ...

University of Calgary researchers have found a link between radon exposure in rural homes based on how close they are to drilled groundwater wells. The transdisciplinary team was investigating why ...