Danger from the ground: Hardly anyone knows the second most common cause of lung cancer

The health risk from the radioactive Gas Radon in homes is from the point of view of the Federal office for radiation protection (BfS) in Germany are not sufficiently known.

"Radon is a serious risk to the health, because, after Smoking, Radon is the second leading cause of Lungenkrebs", BfS-President, Inge Paulini from the German press Agency said.

Many people don’t know that. It is often easy to protect. "For this you have to know whether the own apartment of the elevated Radon values is affected. This can be achieved with measurements easily feststellen", Paulini said. FOCUS Online exchange: In these cases, companies are not obliged to have their goods back