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University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans through Feb. 28. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer.

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State Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster, filed House Bill 1395 which would require Indiana public schools to test the lowest level of their buildings for radon.

January is National Radon Action Month, and Pennsylvania residents are being encouraged to test their homes.

Real estate transaction is a key time to identify and reduce cancer-causing gas, according to Minnesota Department of Health officials.

The Macomb County Health Department is giving away free radon testing kits to residents during Radon Action Month.

An Indiana law aimed at protecting your children and their lungs is not doing what health advocates intended. WRTV Investigates found most Indiana schools are still not testing for the cancer-causing gas radon, despite a 2019 law aimed at improving radon testing among schools.

Colonia high school, testing going on a few weeks. the team is using g.p.s. technology to survey the air and the land, and checking for traces of radon and radiation in the air and the ground. classes after spring break are scheduled to go on as planned. there are also radon testing kits inside of the classroom, students tell me. thats been a little bit of a concern, too, for some parents. the new jersey high school at the center of this environmental investigation coming after more than 100 for...

Today, the Iowa Senate passed HF 2412, 47-0, the Gail Orcutt School Radon Safety Act, which will require all Iowa public schools to test their attendance centers for radon and if necessary, mitigate radon in their schools.

Iowa’s high school graduation rate slipped from 91.8 percent for the Class of 2020 to 90.2 percent for the Class of 2021, according to the state education department.