Recent data shows that areas with high radon levels may increase the incidence of non-malignant tumors up to 26% and strokes ...

Getting rid of radon is not a DIY job, so contact your state EPA office for a list of qualified mitigation contractors in your area. A radon mitigation contractor can assess your home to determine ...

We've since installed a radon mitigation system and now encourage ... killing an estimated 21,000 people a year, according to ...

The EPA has set a threshold of 4 picocuries per liter of air, recommending that homes install mitigation equipment. John Swett, the owner-operator of Radon Abatement Services in Kensington ...

Radon is a cancer-causing gas linked to 250 new lung cancers each year. The EPA is launching new radon maps which predict as many as 170,000 homes are now at risk. That is up from 45,000 homes in ...

To help applicators consider their mitigation options, EPA is developing a mitigation menu website that the agency will release this fall, as well as a calculator applicators can use to help ...

3. Geographic Area: EPA will determine where, in the contiguous U.S., the mitigation applies. Mitigation may apply for specific crops, or in geographically-specific areas. Pesticide applicants ...

As he has sought to provide his customers with the protection they need against the deadly colorless, odorless, and tasteless ...

The EPA is currently finalizing its herbicide strategy on how to meet ESA obligations and expects to publish it before September. However, DRAs weren’t among the mitigation options included in a ...

IAEA-developed training material that teach the basics of how to initiate national radon programmes is available for download. The six modules, developed in collaboration with the World Health ...

Four (4.0) picocuries per liter is the "action level" above which remedial action should be taken, said Ryan Goelzhauser, a certified radon mitigation specialist with Popham Construction.

In this case, the effects of environmental hazards may not be immediately apparent. Exposure to radon, for example, can lead to lung cancer, but it may be years before that happens. With building ...