Radon News

University confirms high radon levels in Forbes
Air quality tests performed in the Forbes basement library measured radon levels of 7.5 picocuries per liter (pCi/L), University officials announced in a press release Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that steps be taken to... [Read More]

Testing of sites to continue
A class assignment educated more than Princeton University students this week, when levels of the radioactive gas radon were found in the basements of two buildings on... [Read More]

High radon levels found on campus
The University has closed off the basement of Forbes College after students raised concerns that area, as well as the basement of Edwards Hall, might contain unusually high concentrations of the cancer-causing natural gas radon. Radon is a... [Read More]