Calgary cancer researchers volunteer to test their homes for radon

Cancer researchers and clinicians are testing their homes for radon gas this month in an effort to bring awareness to the cancer-causing radioactive gas that could be lurking in the homes of Canadians. “Radon gas is a significant public health concern for the prairie provinces, in particular, but one which is largely invisible to the public eye. Without question, if you live in a home with high radon, your lungs are being exposed to DNA-mutating radiation which can cause lung cancer even in people who have never smoked a day in their lives,” says Aaron Goodarzi, a member of the University of Calgary’s Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute. Read more here.