Gas Causes Cancer
January was a busy month, given all those presidential candidates flying around the state. Plus a good many other events were going on as well. Thus, there was little time to take note that January was National Radon Action Month. For Florida - and particularly Polk County - it’s an observance that shouldn’t pass unnoticed.
“Radon,” explained a spokesman for the Florida Department of Health, “is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is found at low concentrations in outdoor air, but which can reach harmful levels when trapped in buildings. Scientists have long been concerned about the health risk of radon, but never before has there been such overwhelming proof that exposure to elevated levels of radon causes lung cancer in humans.”
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