By Margaret HendersonA to-the-point two-page brochure on radon is the product of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Radon Program. The on-line brochure, developed for Radon Action Month, addresses the basic topics:
Radon and lung cancer
How do I test my home for radon?
I’m buyin…
By Margaret HendersonThe potential for radon exposure exists throughout Kentucky and the Radon Program of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has strategies and partnerships for educating the public about the need to test for radon and mitigate if necessary.
As reported by the Kentuc…
By Margaret HendersonIn Montana, new outreach activities, new studies underway and new approaches direct focus onto radon issues.
Last June, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Radon Control Program hosted its first ever radon conference, drawing a crowd of approximately 30 par…
By Margaret HendersonNew York State’s requirement for testers and mitigators to report radon test results, coupled with the state’s Open NY program for making data available to the public, has given the residents of New York a powerful tool for becoming aware of the radon hazards that may be present…
From an interview with Patrick Daniels of the Illinois Emergency Management AgencyBy Margaret Henderson
A radon training pilot project funded by a Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) mini-grant was conducted in Illinois in 2015 to train students engaged in the U.S. Department o…
Jaquirelyn Aquino is a high-performing member of the St. James & St. John School track team and has perfect attendance in her classes — a remarkable turnaround for the 12-year-old girl with asthma.She used to get winded climbing a tree, and her mother, Bernice Aquino, often spent days taking her…