Most people think of their basement as a storage space, a home gym, or a spot for the kids to hang out. Few ever stop to ...

Exposure to radon was linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study suggested. Among 9,107 mothers-to-be, those living in U.S. counties with the highest radon ...

Radon already has a well-earned reputation as a lung cancer threat. Now a systematic review published in Frontiers in Public ...

In today’s Health Alert, an invisible gas in your home could be raising cancer risk in women.  New research links radon ...

New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal ...

Many people don’t know how to protect their homes and loved ones from the harmful effects of radon. When radon is responsible for around 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, understanding how to ...

Results showed that women exposed to high radon levels had a 31% increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to those exposed ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) -It’s the second leading cause of lung cancer, and since radon has no smell or taste, it likely isn’t a danger you think about, but experts say the levels can be the highest during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HMP Dartmoor in Devon was closed in 2024 after levels of radon up to 10 times higher than the recommended limit were recorded in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jan Lowery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 64% of pre-mitigation home radon tests performed on Pueblo County homes between 2005 and 2023 tested above the action limit ...

Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas have been detected in 16 prisons, with 33 sites under investigation by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). HMP Dartmoor in Devon was closed in 2024 after levels of ...