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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. You can’t see it or smell it. Radon is a ...

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 ...

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A new multi-disciplinary study including researchers at the University of Calgary shows that people who act quickly to test for and mitigate radon gas in their homes are at a much lower risk of ...

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Michigan officials are urging residents to test their homes for a dangerous, radioactive gas that is found naturally in the environment. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2025 as ...

Naturally occurring radioactivity can be found throughout the earth's crust. Some of these radionuclides decay into stable elements, such as 40 K 40 Ar, 14 C 14 N and 87 Rb 87 Sr. Others are members ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exposure to the colorless, odorless gas called radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. and ...

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 ...