Radon: The odorless, cancer-causing gas that may be in your home

(NEXSTAR) — While some of the advice shared on NBC’s “The Office” is not necessarily actionable, a frequently shared sentiment from character Toby Flenderson may just be. 

Toby, the human resources employee played by Paul Lieberstein, frequently asked for radon testing to be done in the office, at one point calling it a “silent killer.”

Technically speaking, he isn’t far off. 

“Radon is colorless. It is odorless,” Amanda Koch, the radon program manager at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services...