#LCSM Chat Topic 11/20 (8 PM EST): Know Your Radon Risk

What action would you take to protect your family if you suspected a killer was in your home? Radon gas is odorless, colorless, and classified as a human carcinogen by the World Health Organization, US National Academy of Sciences, US Department of Health and Human Services, and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Approximately 21,000 Americans will die from radon-induced lung cancer this year. Indoor exposure to radon gas is the second greatest known risk factor for lung cancer.  Radon exposure is a threat significant enough that nine federal agencies worked together to release the Federal Radon Action Plan in… Read More