Piscataway Township and other municipalities in New Jersey have joined as partners with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to sponsor Radon Action Month in...[Read More]
Date Published: 12/24/2008
Somerset County is committed to increasing awareness about lung cancer, understand the dangers of smoking and second-hand smoke; and decrease exposure to radon to reduce the incidence of lung cancer, especially in...[Read More]
Date Published: 11/20/2008
Radon is a radioactive gas borne from the breakdown of naturally occurring uranium found in rock and soil and claims 21,000 lives every year. The invisible gas has been classified as a Class A carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and can...[Read More]
Date Published: 01/01/2020
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]
Date Published: 05/11/2007
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]
Date Published: 05/04/2007
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]
Date Published: 05/04/2007