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). Are YOU in the danger zone?

Detailed radon sampling has just begun along an approximate 4 km strike length to the northeast of the Arrow zone with 309 samples recovered thus far. In General, sample location spacing is 20 m ...

He says the danger occurs when radon starts seeping into homes and since the gas is odourless and colourless, it leaves residents unaware that its pooling to toxic levels. This colour coded map ...

According to EPA’s Map of Radon Zones, all 33 New Mexico counties are in areas of risk. Twenty-six of the counties are in zone two, rated as moderate.

The R945E zone discovery was the result of follow-up by drilling of a radon in water anomaly identified during the Phase 2 EIC Radon In Water and Radon in Sediment Survey Program completed during ...

There are also specific areas in Zones 1, 2 or 3 that are exposed to higher levels of radon concentration than the average in their surroundings. Surprisingly, the study found the majority of at ...

The map of radon zones, developed in 1993, doesn’t show areas where radon is or isn’t in homes, but rather to “help governments and other organizations target risk reduction activities and ...