Certain areas on the Peninsula and parts of Alameda County have reported high levels of radon. For instance, in Belmont's 94002 ZIP code, of 22 homes, 18 percent (or about four homes) had high levels.

As for radon, if your at-home air quality monitor doesn’t screen for radon, you can buy a radon test at your local hardware store or on Amazon. Once you administer the test, you will need to ...

Just about everyone knows smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. But another major cause is radon – an invisible, odorless gas – and it could be in the ground beneath your house. For ...

Radon is a tasteless, colorless, ... It’s not carbon monoxide, it’s radon. Yes, one of the noble gases from the periodic table you studied in high school chemistry class.

A new material called CC3 effectively traps xenon, krypton, and radon. These gases are used in industries such as lighting or medicine and, in the case of radon, one that can be hazardous when it ...

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That's something that worries residents like Barbara Alcon, who lives the Westridge Homes complex. While CBS4 Investigates only found a radon level of 1.0 pCi/l in Alcon's home, she said she's ...

As residents start sealing up their homes for the winter, they are concerned about making sure they can keep the cold air out. But they might not be thinking about the air they're trapping inside ...

Exhalation: The escape of radioactive gases (radon, thoron, actinon) from surface layers of soil or loose rock into the atmosphere. Buyers who purchased $8M Naperville mansion for record price to ...

High radon levels identified in 40 Hillsborough County Schools' classrooms in eleven schools. District failed to test for radon for decades, despite EPA recommendation to test every five years.