Radon News

Time to check for radon in your home
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]

Somerset County continues Lung Cancer Awareness campaign
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]

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]