Science can often become a personal mission, pushed by personalized activities. For Ellen Hahn, Ph.D., the decline of another person you know is what motivates her to teach men and women in the course of her household condition about the dangers of radon publicity. Hahn talked over two NIEHS-funded study initiatives that assist Appalachian family members have an understanding of the worth of household radon testing in decreasing the prevalence of lung most cancers in rural communities. (Picture courtesy of Ellen Hahn) Lois, who was a under no circumstances-smoker and acquaintance of Hahn’s BREATHE research crew, died in 2013 from radon-induced lung cancer. Higher levels of radon — which is…