This investigation was made possible with support from the Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants at the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute and from the ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — January has been designated as Radon Action Month in South Carolina, and state environmental officials are urging residents to test their homes for the potentially deadly gas.

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as the result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is offering test kits and releasing county-level data ahead of Radon Action Month in January. Officials said recent data shows that elevated ...

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Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. An estimated 50% of Ohio homes may have high levels of radon due to minerals deposited by glaciers ...