Residents of Carbon, Emery and Grand Counties Will Be Provided Free Radon Tests Press Release The Southeast Utah Health Department and Utah Radon Coalition, with assistance from Huntsman Cancer Institute, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah Department of Health Environmental Epidemiology Program and AARP Utah, will conduct their “Radon Can Harm You” campaign Nov. 1 […]
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HB45 proposes a radon task force to study solutions
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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
One year ago, the Deseret News published the story of Dustin Wallis, a 39-year-old, nonsmoking father of two young children who had just been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
In “The Radioactive Killer,” a multipart series, we explained how the leading cause of lung cancer for nonsmokers is radon an invisible, odorless carcinogenic gas that’s produced as uranium breaks down in the soil.
As a result of the coverage, Rep. Keven Stratton, R-Orem, said he introduced HB45 to create a radon task force that would study the issue for the next 18 months.