Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.

Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day indoor radon measurements from 2001 to 2021. Findings reveal that nearly 25% of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has warned that the number of homes in Ireland at risk from radon, a cancer-causing gas linked to 350 new lung cancers each year, is significantly higher than ...

For the first time in 20 years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published an updated radon risk map for Ireland. The naturally-occurring radioactive gas is linked to 350 new cancer cases ...

The number of homes in Ireland at risk from radon is significantly higher than previously thought, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. Radon is a cancer-causing gas linked to 250 new ...