{"id":1840,"date":"2014-05-06T23:47:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T03:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ugagreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:30:25","slug":"radon-can-lead-to-lung-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2014\/05\/06\/radon-can-lead-to-lung-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Radon Can Lead to Lung Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Having fun in Jacksonville, Florida while learning more about radon. You may not think that&#8217;s something you need to know about. Not true! &nbsp;You need to pay attention and take action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/cancercauses\/othercarcinogens\/pollution\/radon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radon<\/a> is a radioactive gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon is found in EVERY home regardless of type or age. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The great thing is that you can take action against Radon. &nbsp;Step one is to test your home. It&#8217;s easy to do. For more information about where you can get a radon test kit contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/whereyoulive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state radon program<\/a>. &nbsp;If your test results come back high, take action and fix your home.&nbsp;Radon impacts many individuals and families.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dje68oMxhvg<\/p>\n<p>(Video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cansar.org\">CanSAR<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"color:#993300\"><strong>Take action today.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"color:#993300\"><strong>Test.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"color:#993300\"><strong>Fix.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"color:#993300\"><strong>Save a Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">Learn more about Radon from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/radiation\/brochure\/profile_radon.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugaradon.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UGA Extension<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having fun in Jacksonville, Florida while learning more about radon. You may not think that&#8217;s something you need to know about. Not true! &nbsp;You need to pay attention and take action. Radon is a radioactive gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon is found in EVERY home regardless of type [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":3762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,35,36,63],"tags":[187,400,429,452,454,460,607,741,860,920,923],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-living","category-healthy-children","category-healthy-housing","category-sustainability","tag-cancer","tag-georgia","tag-green-living","tag-health","tag-healthy-buildings","tag-healthy-homes","tag-lung-cancer","tag-radon","tag-sustainable","tag-uga","tag-uga-greenway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3778,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/3778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}