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

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

Q: I’ve been hearing a lot recently about how dangerous radon gas can be. I purchased a test kit for my home, but I don’t know what levels are considered high. Could you please explain safe radon ...

One of the key reasons why radon hasn't been talked about until more recently is because our scientific understanding of the negative effects of radon is relatively new. "Radon poses an easily ...

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.

The University has closed off the basement of Forbes College after students raised concerns that area, as well as the basement of Edwards Hall, might contain unusually high concentrations of the ...

Could a lower threshold for radon levels in Canadian homes protect more people from getting lung cancer? Some researchers say Canada is overdue for an evidence-backed rethink in light of emerging ...

In an effort to help prevent lung cancer from exposure to radon gas, Walking Mountains Science Center’s Energy Smart Colorado program has partnered with Vail Health’s Shaw Cancer Center and Eagle ...

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

Eleanor Hubley Manor is a modest, beige one-storey apartment building just off a highway interchange near Halifax. As part of the province’s subsidized housing network, it is home to about eight ...