testing for radon

The Guardian Charlottetown
Students safe despite elevated radon levels: health officer
The Guardian Charlottetown
Dr. Heather Morrison said radon only causes health effects after high levels of exposure over a long period of time. “If there's one key message, that would be it,” she said. Recent test results showed levels of 588 becquerels per cubic metre and 386 ...

The Guardian Charlottetown
High levels of radon found in Souris Consolidated School
The Guardian Charlottetown
Souris parents can add radon to their list of concerns after testing found elevated levels of the cancer causing gas at Souris Consolidated School. Education Minister Alan McIsaac said the Eastern School District was in contact with the province's ...

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25 Years Ago: Board votes to advertise all school system jobs, except teaching ...
Baltimore Sun
Radon was becoming a concern in Harford County 25 years ago. A report issued by the University of Pittsburgh Radon Project indicated that five homes in the Fallston ZIP code had radon levels "well above" the national standard for safe levels.

Radon Tests Completed With No Concerns
Patch.com
By Audrey Levine The district has completed radon testing after some parents expressed concerns—and it was determined that all buildings are safe. Board of education vice president Patrick Breslin announced at the May 8 meeting that a total of 900 ...

Baristanet
Schools and the Risk of Radon
Baristanet
Fortunately, radon reduction systems in the home can keep hazardous levels of radon at bay. But what about in other public places? A recent report on the Today Show found that in many radon “hot spots”, schools have not been tested for the presence of ...
Target 11 investigates high radon levelsWPXI Pittsburgh

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ALAPA partners offering free radon test kits
Towanda Daily Review
The lung health agency identified three regions of the Commonwealth with generally lower testing rates and generally higher likelihood of high radon levels. ALAPA today unveiled its plan to promote radon testing among residents in the first region, ...

Reading, Writing and Radon: Testing And Mitigation In Schools
KWQC 6
Our area is a hot zone for the highest levels of radon in the country. The EPA recommends that schools test for radon, but in Iowa and Illinois, they're not required to do so. A KWQC investigation uncovered that most schools don't do the recommended ...

Presence of Radon Gas in Your Home
Food Consumer
Because radon is radioactive, it's also carcinogenic; radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, second only to smoking. Testing your home for radon is simple, and if levels are elevated there are ways to reduce ...

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Tips For Maintaining A Happy, Healthy Home
HealthNewsDigest.com
Test for radon. Many homeowners are not aware that they have a radon problem until they sell their house. Testing your home for radon is easy and radon detectors are available at most hardware stores. When planning for a healthy home from the ...

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Cherokee One Feather
Western North Carolina has highest radon rates in state
Cherokee One Feather
The EPA strongly encourages people to test their homes for radon. Some home improvement stores sell do-it-yourself kits. More information on radon testing can also be found at www.ncradon.org or by visiting http://sosradon.org/test-kits.

Avoiding 6 potential home hazards
WJXT Jacksonville
Radon levels can vary greatly, even from home to home on the same block. The only way to know whether your house has a radon problem is to test for it. Have your heating system and any other fuel-burning appliance inspected annually.

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Radon Danger at Most Illinois Schools Unknown
NBC Chicago
By Kristin Keith The state of Illinois started a pilot radon testing program in January, but so far only 41 out of 4450 schools have applied for grant money and have been tested. Nesita Kwan reports. Roughly 70 percent of a small number of schools ...

Concern over radon in Iowa sparks discussion
UI The Daily Iowan
Radon enters a building through cracks in the foundation, sump pumps, or spaces around pipes. However, the age of a building is not determinant of the risk of radon. It doesn't take a professional to test for radon. Home testing kits are available ...

Reading, Writing and Radon: Why Don't Schools Test?
KWQC 6
A KWQC investigation uncovered this shocking number: 90000 schools likely have radon, exposing vulnerable children to a gas that could eventually kill them. So why don't more QCA schools test for it? "I never would have thought that radon was something ...

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A Missed Opportunity: The Ostrich Approach to Indoor Radon Exposure
RegBlog (blog)
But, of the eight million homes in the US where radon levels are likely to be especially high, only about one-quarter have ever been tested, even though the test now costs less than $40. And fewer than ten percent of those eight million homes have had ...

Kansas City Star
Women who don't smoke can still get lung cancer
Kansas City Star
Husband Kurt bought a radon detection kit to check their home's levels of the odorless, ground-emitting gas. The test confirmed all was safe. For Judy Stephens, the symptoms began with back pain that would migrate to her upper right leg.

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Radon 101
Boston.com (blog)
Over the past month, I have had an unusually high number of radon tests conducted by my clients that have come in over the EPA limit of 4.0 pci/l. What does “pCi/l” mean? Pci/l means picocurie per liter of air. It is a measure of radioactivity of the ...

Dangerous level of radon gas in 34.5% of Utah homes
ABC 4
It's a clear and odorless gas called radon. We mailed 16 radon test kits to homes across Utah. Six of the nine test kits, mailed to a lab for results before this story aired, uncovered dangerous levels of radon in the homes. Connie Nordgren's home in ...

Dangerous levels of radon gas in 34.5% of Utah homes
ABC 4
It's a clear and odorless gas called radon. We mailed 16 radon test kits to homes across Utah. Six of the nine test kits uncovered dangerous levels of radon in the homes. Connie Nordgren's home in Sandy tested the highest at 26.2, which is alarming.

St. Michael Family Takes on Radon
Patch.com
After hearing stories about radon gas in basements a few years ago when the Powell family moved into their Hans Hagen home near Big Woods Elementary, Mark and Jessica tested their basement. "It came back at a 2.7," Mark said.