Date Published: 01/22/2007 [Source]
It could behoove residents of Southwest Colorado to test their home for a silent stalker - odorless, colorless, tasteless radon gas, the leading cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. The average radon reading - based on 165 home tests done a year ago in La Plata and Archuleta counties - was well above the level at which remediation is recommended.
"Radon is fickle," Schaub said. "It can be in one person's lot and not in a next-door neighbor's. So all households should test."