Medical scientists have found a statistically significant link between levels of residential radon and risks for several cancers of the blood, particularly in women, say researchers from the American ...

We are continuously exposed to radioactivity in everyday life. Some of the most familiar sources of radiation include microwave ovens in our kitchens and the radios we listen to in our cars. Most of ...

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

This paper reports the results of the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study relating to risks associated with radon concentrations in participants homes at the time of diagnosis of cancer and for at ...

A new study shows a trend of increasing levels of radon, a radioactive gas and a trigger of lung cancer, in Pennsylvania homes since 2004, the year the state’s fracking boom began. Pictured here is a ...

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The toxic gas — the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States — comes from decaying uranium. And that element wasn’t here until a series of massive floods hit the area around the end of ...

A Lehigh University scientist is offering new hope to people who are alarmed because they have high levels of radon in their homes but are not certain what to do about it. A “permanent” solution to ...