FG call for investigation of ‘killer’ gas levels

FINE GAEL has called on Environment Minister Martin Cullen to investigate the record levels of a cancer causing killer gas discovered in a Kerry house.

A home in Castleisland, Co Kerry, was found to have the highest levels of radon gas ever found in Europe and there are fears for thousands more households in the town.

The amount of radon gas found was 250 times the recommended safe limit, and a woman living in the house died from lung cancer.