by Margaret HendersonThe Nevada Radon Education Program publishes a newsletter at quarterly intervals. Issues provide notices and highlights of stakeholder meetings, training, conferences, kit distribution statistics, education program numbers, test result and zone summaries, and Nevada Radon Educat…
New RFA for 2018-2020 now available!Closing Date: February 17, 2017
Request for Applications (RFA): “National Indoor Environments Program: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants”
U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Indoor Environments Division (IED) has posted a new RFA (EPA-OAR-O…
Posted with permission, from the CRCPD October NewsbriefAt the 25th National Radon Training Conference held in September 2016, the Conference of Radiation Control Directors (CRCPD) named the 2016 Radon Hero Award Recipient with the following tribute:
Angela Tin is recognized for her leadership and…
by Margaret HendersonIn Iowa, radon is a significant health issue. The Iowa radon study indicated that 71.6% of homes tested above the Environmental Protection Agency recommended action level of 4pCi/L. To provide the public with easy to understand information about radon, the Iowa Department of Hea…
Contributed by Cynthia StephensonThe annual Radon Stakeholders meeting was held on October 27, 2016 at the Traditions on the Glen, in Johnson City, New York. There were 65 stakeholders in attendance and included:
• county health departments;
• home inspectors;
• radon testers and mitigators;
• the…
This webinar offered by the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy and the NCC for Environmental Health, will feature a case involving radon and will highlight both evidence and ethics. This webinar has been developed primarily for public health inspectors, but should also be of int…