Risk maps for the cancer-causing gas radon can encourage people to test their homes for the substance, but only if homeowners live in known, higher-risk areas, new University of Oregon research finds.

Average predicted community-level radon concentrations at screening floor across contiguous United States during 2001 to 2021. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: ...

A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent of Americans live in areas where radon levels are considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Radon is a radioactive gas that has no ...

A new map showing which areas of the state have the highest levels of radon testing shows the areas with the highest levels of this cancer-causing gas sometimes have the lowest testing levels. “If you ...

Livingston County health officials released new maps charting estimated radon levels in the county's 16 townships, two cities and two villages. Matt Bolang, the county's environmental health director, ...

When you check the map, Schuylkill County is as red as it gets. But this isn’t a political map or even a coronavirus map we’re talking about. It’s a radon map. Schuylkill County is part of the “radon ...