Verified accuracy in radon monitoring is the only way to prevent "false safety" readings that leave families unknowingly ...

Homeowners are routinely urged to install detection devices for any number of environmental hazards. Fire and smoke detectors provide immediate protection against a real-time threat and carbon ...

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 ...

Radon is all around us, but exposure to high levels can prove detrimental. Here's what you should know.

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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 ...

A common myth is that homes and buildings in Illinois do not have high radioactive radon. This is not correct. Forty-three percent of the homes in Illinois have high radon levels and over 1,400 ...

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New single and two family homes would need to have passive radon mitigation systems installed, under a bill now headed to the governor’s desk.

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 ...

GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks Public Health and Polk County Public Health are offering free radon test kits for those wanting to ensure their homes have safe levels of radon. Kits can be picked up from ...