While monitoring the Northwest Territories and surrounding areas of Canada, on June 9, 2025, the MODIS instruments of the ...

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 ...

Long-term exposure to high levels of radon gas remains a silent killer, and is the leading cause of lung cancer for nonsmokers each year in both the US and Canada. Even though radon is a widespread ...

Health Canada has issued a safety risk warning about two radon gas detectors sold on Amazon.ca. Through sampling and evaluation, the organization’s Radiation Protection Bureau determined the ...

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 ...

Canada 10:18 pm - 57,140 views; ... The B.C. Centre for Disease Control's radon map show’s 33% of homes in the Southern Interior are estimated to be above the recommended radon level ...

According to the BC Centre for Disease Control's radon map, 33% of homes in the Southern Interior are estimated to be above the recommended radon level (200 Bq/m3).

The Government of Canada advises measuring radon levels over a period of three to 12 months. Plus, radon levels are often higher in winter when doors and windows are typically closed.

If your home has radon levels above this point, take action to lower them. But even if there are lower levels of radon than this indoors, if they’re consistently above outdoor levels, it may still be ...

If your home has radon levels above this point, take action to lower them. But even if there are lower levels of radon than this indoors, if they’re consistently above outdoor levels, it may still be ...

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 ...

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 ...