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Two men working in a lab

Growing number of Canadian households contain dangerous levels of radon gas

Aaron Goodarzi in lab coat with arms crossed in front of transdiciplinary cancer research hub

UCalgary researchers investigate environmental lung cancer risk with a transdisciplinary lens

Aaron Goodarzi (left) and home owner Henk de Haan stand beside a water well on de Haan's property near Okotoks, Alta.

Rural communities face greater risks of radon exposure compared to urban areas

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Behaviour and socio-economic factors significantly affect radon exposure, study finds

Making our homes safer: Researchers work to own cancer by ridding Canadian houses of dangerous radon gas

New Canadian houses found to have much higher radon gas levels than those in Sweden

Aaron Goodarzi

UCalgary research finds short-term radon test kits not effective in measuring radon gas exposure

In the News: Environment, Health & Safety

University of Calgary proactively tests on-campus residences, housing facilities, and daycares for radon

High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass, left, says radon gas is a danger and a real threat to Albertans.

Radon gas concentrations may be even higher in rural Alberta than in big cities

Little devices like this one will be used to measure radon levels in all UCalgary student residence buildings, student family housing and childcare facilities. Radon testing must be conducted during the winter months, so now is the time to start measuring radon gas levels in your own home.

Radon testing in UCalgary residence and childcare facilities gets underway