Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer in the United States – by far. Public health officials have essentially drilled that fact into most Americans' heads for decades. The ...

Pennsylvania has some of the highest radon levels in the United States. Dangerous levels of the radioactive gas have been detected in 39% of Pennsylvania homes tested, according to the American Lung ...

Radiation tests are being carried out at a New Jersey high school where over 100 former students and staff are reported to have developed brain tumors and cancer—and the results are expected next ...

A new bill in the state House would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results. Blamed for 20,000 deaths per year, radon is the leading cause of ...

WASHINGTON – Influential lawmakers from New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois and North Carolina joined Oregon’s U.S. Senate delegation this week in calling for federal action to eliminate carcinogenic radon ...