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Smoking/Radon Top Cancer Causes

WEKU | By James Roberts, Central KY News-Journal
Published August 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM EDT

It's odorless, tasteless, invisible and deadly. And it occurs naturally. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, according to Timmy Green, a radon specialist for the Lake Cumberland District Health Department and environmental services officer for the Green County Health Department. The No. 1 cause of lung cancer is smoking.

 
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