When it is very cold outside, many people keep their windows shut - but the risk of deadly radon gas rises if you don't air ...

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There is radiation all around us. Radios, televisions, cell phones, and microwaves are all things that release radiation. These are considered to not be harmful, but there is ...

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Brian Yang first became aware of radon when his family moved from New Jersey to Center Valley two years ago. “We got a letter in the mail from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, ...

January is National Radon Action Month in Colorado, and homeowners are urged to check for radioactive gas. It's a leading cause of lung cancer, and in Colorado, contributes to more than 500 deaths a ...

BOULDER, Mont. — Twice a year, Brian Tichenor makes the 1,200-mile drive each way from his home in Kansas to a defunct uranium mine in Montana, where he takes an elevator 85 feet below the surface to ...

Saskatchewan residents could be facing an invisible health risk inside their homes, and testing is the only way to detect it.

Hak (left) and Ung Shin spend time in a tunnel at the Merry Widow Health Mine in Basin, Mont., on June 30, 2021, piecing together a puzzle. For more than a decade, the California couple have made the ...

Radon, an invisible, radioactive gas, could be causing your home to be unsafe. One in seven Vermont houses have heightened levels of radon, which increases a chances of getting lung cancer. The ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...