An Ohio lawmaker introduced bills to require testing for radon, a toxic gas linked to lung cancer, in homes and schools.

Radon already has a well-earned reputation as a lung cancer threat. Now a systematic review published in Frontiers in Public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two years ago, Calgary resident Steve Blake found out he had inoperable Stage 4 lung cancer. He and his wife, Kelly, were stunned.

The profile of lung cancer patients is shifting, in part due to factors such as radon, air pollution and genetics. Screening ...

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 ...

A new study led by Queen’s researchers, has inked national radon mapping data with cancer statistics from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at a regional scale - highlighting differences in lung ...

Some level of the odourless, colourless radioactive gas is in every home — but long-term overexposure is considered a Class 1 ...

A Dispatch investigation found Ohio has failed to enact widespread policies for radon testing and mitigation, unlike many other states. Newark is ground zero for radon as a recent study found it has ...

A still from a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection video demonstrating how to use a radon test kit. The Department of Environmental Protection is urging Pennsylvania residents to test ...

In today’s Health Alert, an invisible gas in your home could be raising cancer risk in women.  New research links radon ...

Results showed that women exposed to high radon levels had a 31% increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to those exposed ...