Living in SD means elevated risk for radon exposure , lung cancer
State has highest average levels in the nation
BY : MAKENZIE HUBER - APRIL 10 , 2023 5:14 PM
Bob Burns and his son Murray LaHood-Burns , of Earthorizons Inc ., install a radon mitigation system in a Rapid City home on March 24 , 2023 . ( Seth Tupper / South Dakota Searchlight )
Donna Wright and her husband moved to the Black Hills in 2005 and built their home atop a mountain ridge overlooking the prairie , Bear Butte and the Black Hills near Sturgis . It was a “ dream come true ,” until the couple realized they were being exposed to 20 times more radon than the amount deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency .