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Protect Your Family From Radon
2019-08-21 19:56:48| PortlandOnline
tips for minimizing radon exposure in the home
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KTVZ: Map shows Oregon areas at high risk of indoor radon
2018-01-31 17:39:00| PortlandOnline
News story posted to KTVZ.com January 30, 2018.
Radon a Bigger Threat Than Landfill Gases in Bridger Creek Neighborhood
2016-01-06 21:04:00| Waste Age
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Residents living next to the old Story Mill landfill were several orders of magnitude more at risk from naturally occurring radon gas than from the vapors seeping out of the landfill, a new study says. read more
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EPA Plan aims to prevent lung cancer deaths due to radon.
2015-11-13 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA, American Lung Association, and partners are announcing plan for preventing 3,200 lung cancer deaths annually by 2020 through radon exposure reduction strategies. National Radon Action Plan: A Strategy for Saving Lives sets out strategies to drive changes needed to reduce exposure to radon, including requiring radon testing and reduction systems as a standard practice in housing finance and insurance programs, and institutionalizing radon risk reduction through building code requirements.
Dramatic Increases Cancer-Causing Radon PA Homes Linked Fracking
2015-04-09 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Researchers in Pennsylvania have discovered that the prevalence of radon, a radioactive and carcinogenic gas, in peoples homes and commercial buildings that are nearer to fracking sites has increased dramatically in the state since the unconventional and controversial gas drilling practice began in the state just over a decade ago. Both odorless and tasteless, radon is a naturally-occurring gas released from bedrock minerals beneath the ground and is found in millions of homes across the country....
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