Most Irish people unaware of major health risk from radon gas, study finds

According to the EPA, testing is cheap, and the fixes for radon exposure are straightforward.

The majority of Irish people are still in the dark about the risk of radon in their area and do not test their homes for it, new research has found.

Despite radon being a major environmental risk and second only to smoking as a cause of lung cancer, 90% of people do not know the risk in their area, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).