Study links residential radon exposure to hematologic cancers in women
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 14:40
in Health & Medicine
A new report finds a statistically-significant, positive association between high levels of residential radon and the risk of hematologic (blood) cancer in women. Radon is a naturally occurring byproduct of the decay of radium, and is a known human lung carcinogen, the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States.