This article is from page 1 of the 2012-01-31 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
HUNDREDS of families in Clare are unknowingly living with a silent killer with Ennis being a particular black spot for high concentrations of the cancer-causing gas radon, .
According to leading scientists hundreds of Clare homes with high levels of the gas go undetected. As many as 22 homes in the county have been found to have high levels of radon in the last seven months, with two, in Newmarket and Ennis, found to have more than five times the acceptable level. Radon levels above what is considered safe were also found in homes in Clarecastle, Sixmilebridge, Ballymurtagh, Kilkishen, Killaloe, and Ruan