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Michigan officials are urging residents to test their homes for a dangerous, radioactive gas that is found naturally in the environment. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2025 as ...

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 — ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Health officials are emphasizing the importance of testing homes for radon this month. That’s because January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a radioactive gas that comes ...

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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If you’ve bought a home recently, then you may have been asked around the time of the inspection if you wanted to test for radon. And if you haven’t bought a home recently, then you may or may not ...

Free radon tests are available from the St. Joseph County Department of Health, allowing residents to check their home for the gas that is said to be the No. 1 cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers.

Tests have shown more than half of the houses in Morgan County have dangerously high levels of the radioactive gas radon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — Health departments in Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell counties are giving away free radon test kits as part of ...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is urging residents to test their homes for radon, a naturally occurring gas that causes lung cancer. About 1 out of every 10 homes in Wisconsin has high ...