Do you know what is the second leading cause of lung cancer? I didn't, until I started to learn about Radon.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking and almost 400 Iowans a year die from radon induced lung cancer. What's more is that seven out of 10 Iowa homes have dangerous radon levels. Radon is a gas that occurs naturally in the soil underground that can get in to buildings. You may be breathing this in every day without even knowing it.
It's also in our children's schools. Iowa is ground zero for this deadly, odorless, invisible gas, yet we have almost no radon prevention and mitigation (safely venting the radon out of a building) legislation at all.
Over the next few weeks, you'll hear from a radon cancer survivor, learn about radon in schools, and find out how you can help us get important, lifesaving radon legislation passed.
For now, I encourage you to learn more about radon in Iowa.
