The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month. During the observance, it is the agency’s goal for people throughout the country to recognize that radon is a health hazard with a simple solution. Radon is an odorless, tasteless, and colorless gas, that can seep into your home through the foundation…
This January, more than 30 county health departments in Ohio will be launching a joint public health campaign. The goal is to urge Ohioans to test for radon in their homes with a free test kit. The campaign hopes to help residents “see” radon which is an invisible gas. Radon is odorless, colorless, and tasteless. …
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, one in fifteen homes have unsafe radon levels. In the United States alone, radon has been reported to cause around 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year. Many people do not address their potential or actual radon problems, either because they are uneducated on the enormous issue that is radon,…
Radon is a tasteless, odorless, invisible gas that seeps into your home. How much do we actually know about radon, past the fact that it is an element on the periodic table and that it can cause cancer? according to the EPA, the American Medical Association and the Surgeon General of the United States. Homes…
For homeowners who have had a basement waterproofing system installed that includes the installation of drain tile under the basement floor around the perimeter of the basement, you need to consider the following. Installation of the drain tile for most homes will require sections of the concrete basement floor be removed before the drain tile…
Why Free Radon Tests are Not Always Free You need a radon test. It’s not something you dream of spending your money on but then you see an advertisement for a FREE RADON TEST. Why wouldn’t you take advantage? .. its FREE!! Tempting as it sounds that free radon test may end up costing you…
The 2015 AARST Symposium- Radon and Bureaucrats The International Radon Symposium was held in Bloomington Minnesota on September 20-23rd. The topics ranged from new technology to new advances in public health findings but the overall theme of the event had to be on Radon Public Policy. In June 2013 HUD announced its mandate that…