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The City of Winnipeg is winding down its library program to lend free radon testing kits to patrons, but more than 2,600 people are still waiting to get the device — some after months. "It's ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — January has been designated as Radon Action Month in South Carolina, and state environmental officials are urging residents to test their homes for the potentially deadly gas.

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as the result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is offering test kits and releasing county-level data ahead of Radon Action Month in January. Officials said recent data shows that elevated ...