This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radon is an odorless, colorless and naturally occurring gas that forms when certain metals, such as uranium, thorium, or radium, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A potentially life-threatening gas enters Minnesota homes at higher rates than other states. During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to better understand: What is radon? How ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Many people don’t know how to protect their homes and loved ones from the harmful effects of radon. When radon is responsible for around 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year, understanding how to ...

Divide business owner Chris Bradley performs radon testing and mitigation throughout Teller and the Pikes Peak region. (Courtesy Peak Radon) The Rocky Mountain Range is a wonder of nature, thrust into ...

It’s odorless. It’s colorless. And it’s tasteless. But that doesn’t mean it’s harmless. And no, we are not talking about carbon monoxide — that was part of the last Scrub Hub. During the most recent ...

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This investigation was made possible with support from the Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants at the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute and from the ...