January is National Radon Action Month, and the American Lung Association is raising awareness of the potential health risks of radon and the importance of home testing. Exposure to radon is the ...

Radon is a radioactive gas that comes from the soil and can accumulate indoors. It has no odor or color, so it's difficult to ...

A Dispatch investigation found a lack of awareness and legal protection for Ohioans regarding radon exposure. Radon is estimated to be present in over half of Ohio homes and can be found in any home, ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. You can’t see it or smell it. Radon is a ...

We tend to think that naturally occurring substances are either good for us or at least not harmful. Sometimes neither of these viewpoints is correct. Radon gas may be one of the most extreme example ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

New data from the NC Department of Health and Human Services shows 77 of the 100 counties in North Carolina have at least one building with high radon levels. That includes all of the Triangle. Radon ...

This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Deep in the frozen ground of the North, a radioactive hazard has lain trapped for millennia. But the U.K. scientist Paul Glover realized some ...

Radon mitigation systems can cost anywhere from $700 to $4,000, but the average homeowner will pay around $1,000. While these systems can be pricey, they can protect members of your household from ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Dangerous gas leaks like carbon monoxide are invisible ...