Whether your home is old or new, radon can be present. Homes with underground spaces frequently occupied with people are usually the primary concern. You cannot see, smell or taste this radioactive ...

A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent of Americans live in areas where radon levels are considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Radon is a radioactive gas that has no ...

Airthings, the company behind digital sensors that detect radon gas, has built a global map based on frequently updated data pulled from its distributed network of devices installed in customers' ...

Average predicted community-level radon concentrations at screening floor across contiguous United States during 2001 to 2021. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: ...

Despite its prevalence, there is no known level of radon that is safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

For two weeks straight, Stanley Watras set off the radiation alarms as he entered his workplace at the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. Authorities at the plant were stunned to learn that ...

Pennsylvania’s governor has designated January as “radon action month.” Eastern Pennsylvania has a reputation as a radon hot-spot. But the EPA says most homeowners don’t test for the toxin.

In 2010, Gail Orcutt was diagnosed with lung cancer. The diagnosis came as a shock to the nonsmoker, who eventually had her entire left lung removed. She had no idea how she could have developed the ...