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Attention (June 1, 2026 - September 1, 2026): Summer Radon Testing 

SUMMER RADON TESTING: 6-MONTH RADON TEST RECOMMENDED

Common practice states that winter is the optimal time for radon testing. However, as we collect more data, we have determined little difference between winter and spring radon testing. We do, however, encourage our participants to test over seasonal change. At this time, the best and most accurate radon readings obtained during the spring and summer months are those that are longer than 6 months. With this, you have three options:

  • Complete a 180-day (6-month) radon test now.
  • Wait until September and complete a radon test lasting 91+ days (3 months).
  • Test for an entire year.

Thank you for your participation in our research. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions. 

Radon Research Series

Hunting down the radon-induced lung cancer genetic mutation signature

Radon Research Series

Alpha particle radiation from radon gas has the ability to ionize (steal electrons from) DNA in a manner that produces complex, highly clustered damage to our DNA that our cells are not able to repair quickly or accurately. Dose-for-dose alpha particle radiation is a lot more mutation and cancer-causing relative to other types of radiation such as X-rays.

A critical molecular question is: why?

To study the genetic origins of alpha-particle radiation (radon)-induced lung cancer, our team has developed high throughput technologies to study repetitive alpha-particle radiation effects using human cell systems. By doing this, we can reproduce in a laboratory what happens all the time to people who return each day to a home containing high radon levels.

Using this technology, we are discovering the specific genetic mutation pattern (a ‘signature’) that arises in cells that become cancer following long-term, repetitive exposure to radon.

Once we have this in hand, it will be possible to confidently assign the origin of lung cancer to radon exposure, much as can be done already for tobacco smoking.

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