Here’s a look at some of the things in your house that might be making you sick and how you can prevent that. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that’s both colorless and odorless.

July 21, 1945 — April 27, 2025 The family and friends of John Lee Perdue are saddened to announce his death in Moses Lake, Washington, where he lived since 1984 in a home that he built with his ...

While radon gas is known to cause lung cancer, an 18-year, 700-plus county study from Oregon State University found a link between exposure to radon gas and childhood leukemia rates.

It reroutes the air with radon to the outside, Callister said, and is a permanent solution that generally costs about $1,800 to $2,200. He added a lot of companies offer 0% financing for payments.

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Chemical Composition Radon is a monoatomic radioactive particle with an oxidation state of zero. On the periodic table of elements, the anatomic symbol for radon is Rn, its atomic number is 86, and ...

Radon is an intangible, radioactive gas, which is the top cause of lung cancer besides cigarettes. It’s also significantly more common in Colorado and Mesa County than in most of the nation.

Coming from within An experiment’s background can originate in the experiment itself. Manufacturing a particle detector uses natural resources, like water, soil and metals, that contain slightly ...

So I think it speaks to the toxicity of the type of radiation that radon emits, and that’s particularly damaging to tissue type of radiation, which is known as alpha particle radiation.

In this setup, you can see all sorts of particles, including radon atoms – the larger streaks you see – and muons – the small long streaks. It's pretty cool.

A custom integrated circuit (ldquoalphaRAMrdquo) capable of detecting the alpha particles emitted in the decay of radon and its progeny has been designed, fabricated and successfully tested. The ...