Op/Ed: Radon – is your home raising your lung cancer risk?

By Harold P. Wimmer, American Lung Association Harold P. Wimmer Mention radon to most people, and you’ll get a blank stare.  But mention lung cancer, and you’ve got their attention! Most people don’t know that exposure to radon, an invisible odorless gas, is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Pennsylvania is recognized as having a very high risk of radon, so we at the American...