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, ...

Radon, an odorless radioactive gas that seeps from soil into homes, is responsible for an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That figure, drawn from federal risk ...

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.

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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 ...

Homeowners across Manitoba are being urged to test for radon this winter, the season when the gas can reach its highest levels. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer and the leading cause ...

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

Radon is a radioactive gas found in many homes and is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.