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 ...

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 ...

Tobacco smoke in a home is easy to detect as it drifts through the air or leaves its odor in clothes or furniture. Its health toll is equally as obvious as the leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.

FLORENCE, Ky. (WKRC) -The Northern Kentucky Health Department is asking everyone to test their homes, saying you may be living with a silent killer. Radon is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas ...

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' ...

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 ...

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.

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Radon is a colorless, odorless and radioactive gas that can only be detected by testing buildings. Maps created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put most of South ...