18,000 housing units to be tested for radon by SHC

The Saskatchewan Housing Corporation (SHC) has partnered with Lung Saskatchewan to test levels of Radon in SHC units within the province over the next 10 years. 

Radon is an odourless, colourless gas produced as a natural decay product of radium isotopes within rocks and soil. Epidemiological studies have shown a clear link between inhalation of high quantities of radon and the incidence of lung cancer.