Starting in 2009, the Minnesota State Building Code adopted Appendix F of the International Residential Code. Since then, all new homes built to the standards of the Minnesota State Building Code have ...

Keeping the air in your home clean and safe to breathe isn't just about having a few houseplants and living far from highly polluted areas. Without knowing, the air you breathe in your home could ...

If you want to have a radon mitigation system installed in your home, you might need a permit. As I've shown in past blog posts about hot roofs and Diamond Piers, requirements and interpretations of ...

Radon mitigation systems can cost anywhere from $700 to $4,000, but the average homeowner will pay around $1,000. While these systems can be pricey, they can protect members of your household from ...

Radon is an odorless gas that causes more than 20,000 cancer-related deaths every year. Iowa and North Dakota have the highest risk-level for radon, and now a central Iowa real estate company has ...

Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer. (Photo via Getty Images) A bill that would provide tax credits for the purchase and installation of radon mitigation systems and require passive ...

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in Iowans who are not smokers. Wilz said radon mitigation systems can save the state and its citizens hundreds of millions of dollars that would be spent on ...

Kudos to Roseann Keegan and the Tahoe Daily Tribune for a well researched and reported two-part article on radon, “Fumes with a View,” July 20 and 22, 2011 in the Tahoe Daily Tribune. As a 40-year ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT BUILDERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE DOING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF RADON IN HOMES. SEVEN OUT OF TEN HOUSES IN IOWA HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF THE ODORLESS ...