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Sara Israelsen-Hartley
Special Projects Reporter
I'm a Missouri gal who's been in Utah for the last 18 years, attending school, getting a job, meeting my Canadian husband and settling down to raise our three boys, all while interviewing incredible people and telling important stories as a reporter for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. I adore old-fashioned doughnuts, Billy Joel's music and trips to Spain. Someday I hope to hug a wombat. I was a 2019 National Fellow.
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HB45 proposes a radon task force to study solutions.
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Utah has the lowest smoking rate in the nation, yet the biggest source of cancer deaths in the state is lung cancer. How can that be?
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Utah has the lowest smoking rate in the nation, yet lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer. What’s going on?
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This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Rich Lord, a participant in the 2019 National Fellowship.
Other stories in this series include:
10 ways to protect your family from radon
Lethal and lawless
The radioactive killer
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How researchers discovered radon’s toxic trail.
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How Utah’s hands-off approach to radon is putting people at risk.
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Ignorance is not bliss, choose to take action now.
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As I searched and learned about the silent, naturally occurring gas produced from the breakdown of uranium that can cause lung cancer, I became more concerned.