That map is filled with yellow, orange, and red dots - each indicating a different radon reading - ranging anywhere from 0 pCi/L - 68.8 pCi/L. The EPA recommends taking action to lower radon ...

Lurking in one of three Utah homes are dangerous levels of radon, a naturally occurring gas blamed for scores of cancer deaths in Utah each year, according to a radon report submitted to the ...

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish No legislation focused on the dangers of radon was attempted in Utah until 2013. The summer prior to that, a number of homeowners in Utah County had become upset after ...

Radon is the second largest cause of lung cancer — a statistic that doesn't mean a whole lot to most people. So exactly how dangerous is the radioactive invisible gas in our homes?

SALT LAKE CITY — An invisible and dangerous threat is lurking in many Utah homes. According to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, 1 in 3 Utah homes contains concerning levels of radon ...

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day indoor radon measurements from 2001 to 2021. Findings reveal that nearly 25 ...

This map shows areas with higher probability of contamination. If you are buying or selling a home, make radon part of the home inspection. "Radon prevention is not time-consuming or expensive.

Luckily, Utahns can get a free radon test for their homes. If your levels are high, a mitigation system will probably cost you somewhere around $1,700 to $2,000, said Mellars.

Radon is a radioactive gas found in homes and buildings. It occurs naturally and gets into buildings through the soil. Breathing in radon over time may cause lung cancer. Radon is the second leading ...

Efforts to map radon levels to identify where communities are at most risk and require interventions have historically provided county-wide averages based on very little data.