Utah Radon
Research and Reports
Our catalog of white papers and peer reviewed studies on indoor radon exposure, its health effects, and the state of radon in Utah.
Research library
Peer reviewed studies
Health effects
Radon: An Overview of Health Effects
Two thirds of radon related lung cancer deaths occur in homes with radon levels below the EPA's mitigation threshold.
Lung cancer
Lung Cancer Incidence in Counties at Low and High Risk of Radon Exposure: A Population Based SEER Analysis (1975 to 2022)
Researchers found approximately 13.5 additional lung cancer cases per 100,000 people annually in high radon risk counties after adjusting for smoking.
Exposure mapping
High Resolution National Radon Maps Based on Massive Indoor Measurements in the United States, 2025
Researchers used more than 6 million US radon measurements collected between 2001 and 2021 to develop detailed estimates of monthly community level radon concentrations.
Cardiovascular
Radon Exposure and Incident Stroke Risk in the Women's Health Initiative
Women living in areas with estimated radon concentrations above 4 pCi/L had a 14 percent higher adjusted stroke risk than those in areas below 2 pCi/L.
Ovarian cancer
Residential Radon Levels and Ovarian Cancer Among Postmenopausal Women
Women living in high radon zones above 4 pCi/L had a 31 percent higher adjusted risk of ovarian cancer than those in zones below 2 pCi/L.
Utah specific
High Resolution Modeling of Indoor Radon Exposure With Uncertainty Quantification in Utah
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Utah analyzed 19,497 residential radon measurements to develop detailed Utah exposure maps.
Cardiovascular
Residential Radon Exposure and Incident Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risks in the All of Us Research Program
Among 304,050 US participants, each doubling of estimated residential radon exposure was associated with 46 percent higher heart attack risk and 60 percent higher stroke risk.
Pediatric
Domestic Radon Exposure and Childhood Cancer Risk by Site and Sex in 727 Counties in the United States, 2001 to 2018
Counties with estimated average radon concentrations at or above 2 pCi/L showed an 8 percent higher childhood leukemia risk compared with counties below that level.
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