A radioactive gas could be contributing to asthma among schoolkids, researchers have found. Children exposed to elevated ...

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 ...

When radon gas is inhaled, its radioactive particles can damage lung tissue, which increases the risk of developing lung cancer. "Before further decaying, radon gas can migrate into residential ...

“We spend approximately 90 percent of our lives inside the built environment, so your indoor environment impacts your ...

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that emits from the ground. You’ve likely heard of it, but what doctors want you to hear are the health risks that rise with increased exposures.

Radon comes naturally from the earth. It’s a radioactive gas that forms naturally when uranium, thorium, or radium, break down in rocks, soil, and groundwater, according to the EPA. People are ...

One of the leading causes of lung cancer is exposure to a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is especially prevalent in Pennsylvania. Radon accounts for more than half of all human radiation ...