Announcing a joint commitment to fight the second leading cause of lung cancer, radon gas, the American Lung Association, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and eight other national partners released the National Radon Action Plan: A Strategy for Saving Lives. The plan sets out strategies to drive the changes needed to reduce exposure to radon, a naturally occurring, invisible and odorless gas that causes an estimated 21,000 lung cancer deaths annually.
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