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SFU professor provides free toolkit for detecting cancer-causing gas in household settings

Simon Fraser University’s Citizen Scientist project is providing free radon-testing kits to households in the Greater Vancouver area. These testing kits are capable of detecting radon, a harmful gas known to cause lung cancer in humans.      Radon is an odorless and radioactive gas that is invisible to the naked eye — and like all radioactive elements, radon has a half-life. Radon gas decays and emits alpha particles, which is a form of radiation that can lead to adverse outcomes in the lungs.      According to Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol, an associate professor in the faculty of health sciences,…

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