“We spend approximately 90 percent of our lives inside the built environment, so your indoor environment impacts your ...

The bad: A map developed by the Department of Health shows how 40 percent of the state’s homes have dangerous levels of radon. In McLeod County, the rate is even higher, between 54 and 67 percent.

Efforts to map radon levels to identify where communities are at most risk and require interventions have historically provided county-wide averages based on very little data. Public health ...

Radon is not detectable via sight or smell, so health officials recommend testing your home in order to reduce the risk for high exposure to radon. Manitowoc County ... map of radon test results ...

The Whatcom County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan does include a section on wildland fire and the county adopted a wildland fire-specific action plan in November 2023. But Whatcom County is still ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to ENE at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 19 °F (-7.2 °C). Flurries with a high of 31 °F (-0.6 °C ...

WREC is under the fiscal umbrella of the Chuckanut Health Foundation and funded by an interlocal agreement between the City of Bellingham and Whatcom County. Karamoko’s role will be that of a “road ...

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.

Alabama's free radon test kits have proven to be a hot commodity, with 1,400 requests in a single day, leading to a temporary ...