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In spite of its prevalence, radon is not ordinarily classified as a health hazard. Outdoors, the gas disperses quickly in the atmosphere. Indoors, however, radon can build up to a deadly concentration, entering buildings through their foundations, creeping through cracks in floors, foundation walls and sewer pipes. The gas quickly...
Meanwhile, private citizens can take a number of steps to combat possible radon pollution. They can order testing devices called Track Etch from Terradex, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based firm. If homeowners then detect dangerous concentrations of radon indoors, they should seal cracks and openings in basements with epoxy sealants...
Harvard expects to face its toughest opponents of the Ivy League next weekend when it returns home to take on Penn and Princeton. After months of playing indoors at home, the Crimson will host its matches under the sun at the Beren Tennis Center, where the team will look to...
As the weather turns warmer, most college students eagerly run outside to study on well-groomed lawns. But 14 students at Washington University in St. Louis have locked themselves indoors in the name of those who maintain their beautiful grounds.
A bobcat regularly saunters up the arroyo leading to Paul and Carolyn Zeiger's desert property in Pima County, Ariz., and leaps onto the flat roof of their adobe-style house. As long as their pet terrier, Stella, is inside, they don't worry much. "The bobcat jumps around up...