How to Test Your Home for Radon
The DuPage County Health Department encourages homeowners to test their homes for radon.
Homeowners are being encouraged to educate themselves on the dangers of radon, an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas, during National Radon Awareness Month. The DuPage County Health Department is sharing information with the public to help people protect themselves. Radon is a radioactive gas generated by the natural decay of uranium in soil and rocks, estimated to cause as many as 20,000 deaths from lung cancer each year throughout the United States. The Surgeon General has warned that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today, following tobacco use. Testing is the only way to know if you and your family are at risk from radon. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Surgeon …
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11:37 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Radon gas is very well known issue in US compared to Canada. Our government has been very late to this problem. Please share your resources and help other Canadians to learn more about the radon gas. Health Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/radon-eng.php Lung Association: http://www.lung.ca/protect-protegez/pollution-pollution/indoor-interieur/radon-radon_e.php Radon Testing: … more ›