A five-year pilot study involving 40 subjects found a higher-exposure to radon corresponds to a greater level of radioactive lead in their toenails

It’s a callout for a pedicure with a carcinogenic pedigree.

University of Calgary scientists are seeking the toenails of 10,000 Canadians they say can track the potential for their donors to fall victim to radon gas and the lung cancer it causes.

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“We’re looking for new technology to understand an individual’s long-term radon gas exposure, and to do that without necessitating that person having a radon test of every home, school and workplace they’ve been in over the past couple of decades,” said Aaron Goodarzi, of the U of C’s Cumming School of Medicine.

“The clue to that — to our surprise and everyone else’s — is toenai

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