Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer fatalities, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.
“As an organization, we’re here, we’re open, we’re safe,” Lisa Green, executive director, Cancer Society of Greenville County says. “We have drive-up service; we’re going to protect our clients.”
Previously, Gary Machlis oversaw the Department of the Interior’s Strategic Science Group during such crises as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Sandy.