Portable Sensor Improves Methods for Detecting Children’s Metal Exposures
A team of NIEHS-funded researchers is developing a portable sensor that may provide a faster, cheaper, and more child-friendly method to detect heavy metal exposures. The research team is now gearing up to test the sensor in children living in Chicago communities...
Your Home Inspection Checklist: Everything You Need to Know
Your Home Inspection Checklist: Everything You Need to Know When you’re buying a new home, you’ll need a home inspection – but if you’re like many people, you’re not quite sure what the home inspection includes, why you need it and who pays for it. This guide explains...
Radon Gas Basic Facts
Radon Basics What is radon? Why is 4 pCi/L the recommended action level for Radon? What is a "picocurie" (pCi)? What is radon? Radon is a radioactive gas. It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and chemically inert. Unless you test for it, there is no way of...
Radon and Cancer in Your Home
Radon and Cancer What is radon? Radon is a radioactive gas released from the normal decay of the elements uranium, thorium, and radium in rocks and soil. It is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that seeps up through the ground and diffuses into the air. In...
Septic Tank Inspections
A Septic System Inspection Should Be Done How Often?! Costs, Precautions, and More Going too many flushes without a septic system inspection can result in a major headache (and a stinky mess on your hands) if it fails. A septic system inspection is one of those...
HUD CHARGES NEW YORK PROPERTY OWNERS AND AGENTS WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST RESIDENT WITH DISABILITIES
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is charging Syracuse, New York, property owners Nolo Contendere, LLC and Nolo Contendere LLC Trust, and their agents with housing discrimination for allegedly refusing to allow...
Preventing Mold Illnesses in Your Home
Spring cleaning is a time-tested tradition to welcome the warm weather by doing a thorough cleaning of your home or business. Many may not realize that this annual ritual is also critical in maintaining a healthy environment and prevent illness. Mold is both an...
Lead Paint Litigation California
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.—After 18 years of litigation, NL Industries, Inc. (“NL”) and the People of the State of California, represented by the County Counsels and City Attorneys of ten California jurisdictions, have reached a historic settlement agreement to fund...
Radon Cancer Awareness
CR3 News Magazine’s Early Detection Issue Raises Medical Awareness on an International Level Regarding Radon CR3 News Magazine’s Early Detection campaign to raise awareness of the power of saving lives through the early detection efforts regarding radon gas brings...
What You Should Know about Radon in Your Home
Radon gas brought Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. Radon comes from the radioactive decay of radium that is present in the earth's crust. It is ubiquitous and it is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. It is present, in varying amounts,...
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