The severe drought baking some parts of the United States—particularly California and the Pacific Northwest—may be increasing the risk of radon gas inside homes. As water tables drop in some areas, ...

Dear Doctors: Would you please address radon gas? I’ve spent 40 years in real estate sales here in Florida, and while radon is noted in inspections, most buyers don’t realize it’s dangerous. Any ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...

Radon gas levels in the home are a real health threat. While we know that a safe and comfortable living space informs our mental and emotional health, for many people, it’s our home that unknowingly ...

Children continuously exposed to higher levels of naturally occurring radon gas in their homes may experience changes in how ...

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 ...

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day indoor radon measurements from 2001 to 2021. Findings reveal that nearly 25% of ...

Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a "smoker's disease," a surprising 15–20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who have never smoked, many of whom are in their 40s or ...

When you think about pollution, you may only consider what you’re exposed to outdoors. But indoor air quality in your home matters, too, and it can be majorly affected by the presence of a radioactive ...

The Newfoundland and Labrador government recently completed a round of radon testing in some of its public housing units. Kelley Bush with Health Canada says the cancer-causing gas could be ...