Most people think of their basement as a storage space, a home gym, or a spot for the kids to hang out. Few ever stop to ...

Exposure to radon was linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study suggested. Among 9,107 mothers-to-be, those living in U.S. counties with the highest radon ...

New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the need to consider environmental risks in maternal and fetal ...

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In today’s Health Alert, an invisible gas in your home could be raising cancer risk in women.  New research links radon ...

Many people don’t know how to protect their homes and loved ones from the harmful effects of radon. When radon is responsible for around 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, understanding how to ...

Radon already has a well-earned reputation as a lung cancer threat. Now a systematic review published in Frontiers in Public ...

A Winnipeg couple is living in a government-owned house, managed by the Department of National Defence, that exposes them to potentially deadly radon gas at levels exceeding the government's own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer for people who have never used tobacco. Francesco Scatena/iStock via Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HMP Dartmoor in Devon was closed in 2024 after levels of radon up to 10 times higher than the recommended limit were recorded in ...

Former employees experiencing breathing problems or diagnosed respiratory conditions are being encouraged to seek specialist ...

Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas have been detected in 16 prisons, with 33 sites under investigation by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). HMP Dartmoor in Devon was closed in 2024 after levels of ...