It’s the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, and you don’t even know when it’s present. It’s radon. It’s an odorless, tasteless gas that seeps up through the ground, diffuses into the air and often times, right into your home. Rachael...
It’s renovation season! Home renovation and remodeling projects, most times initiated by choice and not necessity, are often started in the spring. Restorations, however, are frequently urgent and done out of necessity due to damage from water, mold, fire or...
COLUMBUS — In honor of National Radon action month, lung cancer survivors have issued a challenge to homeowners, business owners, and school officials to have their buildings tested for radon. According to the group Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSAR), every 25...
Recent research suggests that children who live in homes with high radon levels may have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia or (ALL). The risk factors associated with ALL are not well understood. In fact, genetic conditions and fetal exposure...
Radon is completely odorless and tasteless. Even if you are breathing it in at a high level, there are absolutely no symptoms of radon poisoning until it’s too late. Exposure to high levels of radon over time puts you at tremendous risk of developing lung cancer. If...
Recent events in Chile and Haiti remind us of the devastation that can be brought by an earthquake, especially when it strikes without any warning. For centuries, people living in regions that are more susceptible to earthquakes have reported a number of strange...
High levels of radon are extremely prevalent in every state across America, but particularly in Columbus Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 8 million homes have elevated levels of radon and that as many as 20,000 lung cancer deaths are...
Just imagine being told that you have a less than 50% chance of living another year. This horrible prognosis is delivered each and every year to thousands of Americans who have been diagnosed with lung cancer caused by radon exposure. Since the late 1980s, more than...
