PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Public Schools says it has received results showing elevated levels of radon in rooms throughout the district. The announcement late Wednesday comes at a time when the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Officials say a Portland high school cafeteria has been closed after dangerous levels of cancer-causing radon gas were found in a second round of tests. The Oregonian/OregonLive ...

Radon is a radioactive gas that comes from the soil and can accumulate indoors. It has no odor or color, so it's difficult to ...

Lent School serves students in kindergarten through grade eight in the furthest southeast reaches of the Portland Public Schools attendance area. A second round of radon testing in six rooms at four ...

On Friday, The Oregonian/OregonLive published the results of its yearlong investigation showing housing authorities nationally failed to protect low-income tenants from radon, a radioactive gas. We ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- New Oregon radon data show that many regions of the state are at moderate risk of having high radon levels, with several pockets of high-risk areas around the Willamette Valley, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority is recognizing National Radon Action Month during January by encouraging people in the state to test their homes for radon, an odorless, tasteless ...

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This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. About 5 billion years ago, stars merged and exploded, creating uranium that eventually became ...

YORK, Maine — State Rep. Patty Hymanson has lived in her family’s home near the York River for about 35 years, but it was only two years ago that she discovered through testing that the water in her ...

Portland Public Schools says it has received results showing elevated levels of radon in rooms throughout the district. The announcement late Wednesday comes at a time when the district is facing ...

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