Where is the Outrage?
Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause 3,400 lung cancer deaths annually in the U.S. So far, swine flu has killed 4 Americans, and drunk driving kills about 13,000 people each year.  Radon is estimated to cause 25,000 U.S. lung cancer deaths annually.  Laws protect citizens from secondhand smoke and drunk drivers, and [...]

Gloria Linnertz, a spokesperson for Cancer Survivors Against Radon  and The American Association of Radon Scientists & Technologists, Inc. is encouraging people to write to their congressmen and women to ask them to work for effective radon policies that save lives.  The following is an open letter that can be personalized to encourage your senator [...]

Smoking cigarettes and radon exposure are two well known causes of lung cancer, so it makes sense that if a person is around cigarette smoke and exposed to radon, their chance of developing lung cancer increases.  EPA studies indicate, though, that when these dangerous elements are combined, they work "synergistically" to make the risk of [...]

The 10th Annual State of the Air report issued by the American Lung Association gives an overview of how healthy the air where you live is. There is even a feature where you can input your zip code and find out statistics for the air where you live, including: high ozone days, particle pollution, and [...]