At 40%, Pennsylvania homes are twice as likely to have higher levels of radon than the national average. Numbers over 4 picocuries per liter of air is considered too high. In 2014, a Center Valley ...

Ohio ranks in fourth place when it comes to the American states with the highest levels of radon. Of the over 98,000 buildings in the state that have been tested for the gas, 52% have seen levels ...

A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent ... Northern Kansas, central Colorado, central Ohio and central Pennsylvania were also identified as radon hot-spots. Some of these states ...

It's the best time to check your home for radon. "Pennsylvania is probably the most radon-prone state in the country...We have results at least 25 times the EPA guideline of every county and some ...

The researchers' map reveals the geographical distribution ... central Ohio and central Pennsylvania. This is concerning as radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, being ...

(WHTM) — They call radon a “silent killer,” and right now the test can be free at the Pennsylvania. The Department of Environmental Protection – helping folks take action. “The farm show ...

Then in 1984, high radon concentrations were discovered in several homes in Pennsylvania ... In 1993, the EPA released the Radon Zone Map to help residents understand their local exposure risk ...

Radon is a radioactive gas you can't see, feel, taste, or smell. It forms naturally when uranium — a heavy metal found in the ground and most rocks on the planet — decays, turning into another ...

The information gathered would also be used to create a "radon map", similar to those available in the UK. Environment Food and Agriculture Minister Clare Barber said the tests would help to ...

Within Pennsylvania sits the Reading-Lancaster seismic zone, which is responsible for many of those tremors. The map below shows the location of past earthquakes reported around Pennsylvania and ...

A map shows the parts of Sussex which are the most affected by radioactive gas radon - which can put homeowners at risk of lung cancer. The UK Health Security Agency has published a map which ...

THE PA DEP SAYS 40% OF PA HOMES HAVE HIGH RADON LEVELS AND THE COMMONWEALTH IS AMONG THE TOP STATES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS. RADON PROGRAM MANAGER BOB LEWIS SAYS SOME AREAS IN THE STATE HAVE MORE ...