Radon is a Radioactive Gas. When we breathe it in we are exposing our sensitive lung tissue to ionizing radiation.
At RadonFX we believe that the safety of each person is of the highest importance. And we have dedicated ourselves to being part of the effort to make everyone aware of the dangers of Radon. Some disastrous things are unavoidable, some are due to our choices, and some slip in under our radar. Radon Gas is like this, it can slip right in.
Over 3000 Canadians die each year due to radon-related lung cancer. A Healthy Home is a Mitigated Home!
Cancer researchers at the University of Calgary are asking Canadians to measure how much time they are spending at home before, during and eventually after the pandemic to see whether their exposure to radon — the second leading cause of lung cancer in Canada — has increased.
As Canadians spend more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is urging us to test our houses for radon but won’t help us pay for it. Invisible, colourless, odourless and tasteless, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers.
The city will explore whether it can force landlords to test for radon in basement apartments after a study found dangerous levels of the cancer-causing gas in one in every seven Hamilton homes tested.