Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Canada, causing an estimated 3,000 deaths a year. Despite existing test results in your neighbourhood, radon levels can vary from house to house.

Airthings has announced the release of Corentium Home 2, a new digital radon detector for home use. This device comes after years of development and was first shown at CES 2025. Corentium Home 2 is ...

Map from the paper revealing average predicted community-level radon concentrations at screening floor across contiguous United States during 2001 to 2021. Over 83 million people around the ...

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 ...

If the radon levels in your home exceed 200 Bq/m3, it's probably a good idea to make a fix. After testing, Health Canada recommends hiring a mitigation professional certified under the Canadian ...

Carole Vivier was diagnosed with lung cancer in September of 2020, just over 4 years ago. "Everyone thinks only smokers get lung cancer and this is simply not true," says Carole, "I smoked ...

Because the level of radon in an area is largely soil-dependent, we should be able to draw higher-quality maps of where soils tend to be richer in uranium vs. otherwise.

A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent of Americans live in areas where radon levels are considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Radon is a radioactive gas that has ...

Levels of radon in houses can vary depending on local geology, when a building was constructed, and other factors such as ventilation. In the report, no areas of Canada were found to be free of ...

DHEC map shows average radon levels are higher in the Upstate than other parts of South Carolina DHEC recommends people test their homes every three years Updated: 9:47 AM EDT May 23, 2023 ...

Radtrak3 Long-term Radon Detector This year marks the tenth anniversary of Radon Action Month, according to the Canadian Minister of Health. For most of us in Canada, November marks the start of ...

Radtrak3 Long-term Radon Detector This year marks the tenth anniversary of Radon Action Month, according to the Canadian Minister of Health. For most of us in Canada, November marks the start of ...