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.

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% of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Up to a quarter of all Americans live in areas where radon levels are ...

Radon is invisible, odorless and easy to ignore, yet it remains one of the country’s deadliest preventable indoor-air hazards. The radioactive gas can collect inside ordinary homes without producing ...