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.

For two weeks straight, Stanley Watras set off the radiation alarms as he entered his workplace at the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania. Authorities at the plant were stunned to learn that ...

Average predicted community-level radon concentrations at screening floor across contiguous United States during 2001 to 2021. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: ...

The First Flatiron at Boulder's Chautauqua Park was the site of a rescue of two University of Colorado students on Friday evening, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as ...

FLORENCE, Ky. (WKRC) -The Northern Kentucky Health Department is asking everyone to test their homes, saying you may be living with a silent killer. Radon is an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas ...