The Rocky Mountain Range is a wonder of nature, thrust into being over a 25-million-year orogeny (period of mountain-building) which began approximately 80-million years ago, it’s the product of the ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – The mountains and mesas in Colorado are not only rich in beauty; they’re also rich in uranium.

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 ...

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

Radon, an odorless radioactive gas that seeps from soil into homes, is responsible for an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That figure, drawn from federal risk ...

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as the result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

Kerri Robbins loves her home, so it was terrible to find out it made her sick. Robbins is one of thousands of Utahns who have developed lung cancer after radon exposure. Utah has the lowest rate of ...

Most people think about family history, genetics, or age when they think about Alzheimer's. While those factors are well known, researchers are now studying whether long-term exposure to certain ...

Could a lower threshold for radon levels in Canadian homes protect more people from getting lung cancer? Some researchers say ...

This story is sponsored by UtahRadon.org. While radon gas is known to cause lung cancer, an 18-year, 700-plus county study from Oregon State University found a link between exposure to radon gas and ...

Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas detected at 16 UK prisons - High levels of radon gas, which can increase the risk ...