MARION COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - In an effort to prevent cancer in rural communities, the state has sent nearly 10,000 free radon tests to county health departments since August. At Wednesday’s meeting in ...
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Less than a month after Iowa began distributing free radon test kits, nearly 10,000 have already been sent to county health departments as part of a broader effort to improve cancer prevention and ...
Cancer-causing radon can be detected in the home if tested. However, Roy Wier, who runs Tiffin-based radon mitigation business Adios Radon, observed that many homes are only tested when they are newly ...
Odorless. Colorless. Tasteless. But certainly not harmless. Radon, in both air and ground water, is a health risk whose prevalence should be regularly assessed and, if necessary, dealt with. Beginning ...
A total of $15 million from a federal grant is set to help rural Iowans combat radon exposure over the next five years. And the Marion County Public Health Department quickly learned its request to ...
Cary Hatch was enjoying retirement after years as a marketing strategist in D.C. Then, she got diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. With one-pill-a-day targeted therapy, her EGFR-mutated lung cancer is ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Jeremiah Fields was so eager to move into his house that, when the real estate agent asked if he wanted a radon mitigation system installed, he declined. It was late 2020, and Fields ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Winnipeg says 188 digital radon detectors were made available to library customers starting in November. (Warren ...
The Burlington County Health Department is distributing free radon test kits to county homeowners so they can check their property for the radioactive gas. About 100 kits are available as part of a ...
The MKE FreshAir Collective, a nonprofit monitoring air quality across Wisconsin, is providing free radon tests to residents of the city of Milwaukee. Exposure to the toxic gas is the leading cause of ...
Airthings offers a permanent solution for monitoring radon gas levels anywhere in your home, along with ways to track humidity, temperature and pollen levels. At nearly $200, you'll have to pay a lot ...