A long-awaited update to Canada's national building code requires newly built homes to include a type of radon mitigation ...

Radon is an odorless, invisible radioactive gas. It's naturally released from rocks, soil and water—and it can get trapped inside homes, offices or schools. There's no known safe level of radon. There ...

Recent research indicates that approximately one in five residential buildings in Canada has elevated radon levels, a statistic that has more than doubled since the late 2000s. With radon being ...

The assessment of radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn) exposure continues to evolve as a critical component of environmental radiation research. Both gases originate from the natural decay of uranium and ...

The 2024 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Exposure in the Residential Buildings of Urban and Rural Communities indicates that radioactive radon exposure in Canada is rising and continues to be a critical ...

Eleanor Hubley Manor, a subsidized apartment building near Halifax, exemplifies the dangers of radon exposure. Testing conducted in 2008 revealed that all ten units had radon levels exceeding safety ...

Radon gas, an invisible health threat that can build up in your home, is putting more Canadians at risk of deadly lung cancer. A national research team is using throwaway toenail clippings to find ...

Our neighbors were selling their home and had it tested for radon. The test was positive. Why should we be concerned about ...

January is National Radon Action, or Awareness, month and multiple health organizations have campaigned to test for radon ...

New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal ...

Exposure to radon was linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study suggested. Among 9,107 mothers-to-be, those living in U.S. counties with the highest radon ...

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. According to the Lung Association’s recently released “State of Lung Cancer” report, more than 33% of homes tested for radon in Illinois ...