The most dangerous threat in a home might not crackle, leak, or smell. It might sit quietly in the basement right now, ...

SWAT Environmental reports that radon, a harmful gas linked to lung cancer, can be mitigated by testing and using techniques like active soil depressurization.

Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.

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A program to make people aware of the dangers of potentially cancer-causing radon gas in homes enlists real estate agents to distribute testing kits to their clients. But getting those clients — ...

Radon testing performed at the time of home purchase declined significantly the past two years in Minnesota, and state officials are sounding the alarm about its importance. The Minnesota Department ...