Lung Cancer

Study Reports No Radon Link to Lung Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 29th, 1996

A major study has failed to connect indoor radon exposure with lung cancer, raising uncertainty about public health warnings that the colorless, odorless gas is responsible for as much as 10 percent of America's lung cancer.

Americans have spent about $400 million testing for radon and renovating homes with high levels. But experts said that several studies suggest the minimum residential level of the gas that poses a significant cancer risk is not known.

The study, conducted in Finland, analyzed residential exposure to radon for 1,055 lung cancer patients and compared that with the radon exposure of 1,544 people without lung cancer. Researchers at...

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