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Breathing in excessive amounts of radon can cause cancer. Exposure or contact with mold can irritate your eyes, skin, nose, throat and lungs and in some instances trigger severe allergic reactions and asthma attacks. Before you start to panic, take a deep breath and relax.
But long term exposure can cause lung cancer, which starts with coughing, coughing up blood, lung pain, breath shortness and more. +1 vote! Radon exposure has many of the characteristics of lung cancer such as a prolonged cough that doesn't get better, coughing up blood, chest pain and wheezing. Prolonged high radon exposure can actually lead to lung cancer.