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Local woman hopes to prevent radon deaths

Date Published: 01/19/2007 [Source]

A metro-east woman is working to stop the killer that took her husband's life: radon.

On a quiet street in Waterloo, IL, a silent, invisible secret was slowly killing Joe Linnertz. Linnertz hadn't smoked in more than 20 years, which is why his doctor blamed cigarettes and radon gas for causing the cancer.