Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radon mitigation systems would be required in new homes under a House-passed bill. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) ...

“It actually helps make it less expensive, if you do have the radon, to put the fan in later.” Contractors install a pipe in the foundation of the home to vent radon out of the home. The bill requires ...

City leaders in Marshalltown are proposing an ordinance that would require newly built homes to have radon mitigation systems, addressing Iowa's high radon levels and associated cancer risks.During ...

Legislation that would require passive radon mitigation systems in all new residential housing advanced out of the Senate State Government Committee, clearing this week’s legislative deadline.