Keeping the air in your home clean and safe to breathe isn't just about having a few houseplants and living far from highly polluted areas. Without knowing, the air you breathe in your home could ...

Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer. (Photo via Getty Images) A bill that would provide tax credits for the purchase and installation of radon mitigation systems and require passive ...

Real estate is all about location, location, location -- and in more ways than one. As scientific research grows more sophisticated about naturally occurring toxins that are harmful to people's health ...

If you're buying a home in Minnesota, get it tested for radon. There are two reasons I give for having radon tested: lung cancer and money. Radon is a gas formed by the breakdown of uranium and radium ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT BUILDERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE DOING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF RADON IN HOMES. SEVEN OUT OF TEN HOUSES IN IOWA HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF THE ODORLESS ...

A bill that would require all one- and two-family homes constructed in Columbia to have mitigation systems for radon gas will be presented to the Columbia City Council for a final vote Jan. 6, its ...

Radon can be found in any home — new, old, anywhere where in our state.” Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in Iowans who are not smokers. Wilz said radon mitigation systems can save the state ...

Let’s face it, “radioactive gas” isn’t exactly a cheerful topic for dinner conversation. But when radon shows up on a home inspection report, it can quickly become top of mind. Radon needs to be taken ...

About 15 years ago, Iowa builder Hubbell Realty began including passive radon mitigation systems in houses being built. High radon results done 10 days before closing left some buyers less than ...