Radon News

Residents Decry Proposal To Nearly Double Water Rates
A United Water spokesmen said that the rate increase is needed to finance more than $57 million in investments the company has made over the past 13 years, and also to cover gas, electric and chemical costs that have increased more than 200 percent... [Read More]

PISCATAWAY: Township distributing test kits for Radon Action Week
As the weather turns cold, township officials are asking residents to test their homes for high levels of radon. The township is joining with the state Department of Environmental Protection in marking Radon Action Week Oct. 21-27. Radon home test... [Read More]

Red Flags for Hereditary Cancers
All cancers are genetic in origin. Carcinogenic agents induce cancer by causing genetic mutations that allow cells to escape normal biological controls. This is true even if the carcinogen is environmental, like tobacco smoke or radon, or if the cause is... [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]

Gas Leaks: What You Don't Smell Will Harm You
New York City was the scene of a puzzling mystery Monday. An unidentified gas-like odor made its way across Manhattan and parts of New Jersey and resulted in some building evacuations and mass transit interruptions. How can you protect your family... [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]