by Margaret HendersonWith the increasing frequency of radon testing by buyers as a part of the home buying process, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Indoor Radon Program has provided guidance on some basics about radon in homes. The Program’s purpose is to increase awareness of the…
The annual NYS Radon Stakeholders meeting was held on November 9, 2017, at the Traditions on the Glen, in Johnson City, New York. There were 70 stakeholders in attendance made up of county health department staff, home inspectors, radon testers and mitigators, and elected officials.The keynote addre…
The 12th Annual State Radon Stakeholder’s Conference will be held Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa at the Airport Holiday Inn Conference Center.This meeting is being held at no cost for all those that have a stake in protecting the public from unnecessary exposure to radon in their homes,…
by Margaret HendersonThe Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Indoor Radon Program has created a brochure about radon, specific to Virginians. http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/7/2016/01/Radon-Facts-for-Virginians.pdf
Of the 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the United States…
by Margaret HendersonThe Indiana State Department of Health, Indoor Air Quality Program, provides information about Indiana radon potentials and levels and radon prevention and mitigation.
All counties in Indiana are categorized as either Zone 1 or Zone 2 counties, per the USEPA classification.
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by Margaret HendersonThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provides radon information for the public, including data on radon testing in public schools. Most of the state’s counties are in Zone 2, the USEPA classification, where predicted average indoor radon screening levels would…