By Margaret HendersonThe Radon Program within the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality provides public information and offers assistance through a variety of mediums, which reach large and varied audiences and encourage testing and sharing of information. Test results provided by the state…
A Program Update from Jim Faust, Indoor Environment Program ManagerBy Margaret Henderson
In Idaho, National Radon Action Month started with a statewide news media release to every newspaper, and television and radio station that generated considerable coverage with stations requesting interviews and…
Radon has been found in every county in South Carolina, and home test kits from many areas across the state have detected levels of radon above the EPA recommended action level of 4pCi/L. In an effort to raise awareness, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has d…
By Margaret HendersonThrough a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services contracts with 16 local public health agencies to serve as Radon Information Centers to serve all counties in the state by providing radon information and assistance. This arra…
By Margaret HendersonUnique geologic depositions occurring at the close of the last Ice Age, resulting from the Missoula floods, have lasting radon consequences that the Oregon Health Authority’s Radon Program now works to see mitigated. The cold climate allowed glaciers to form and block a river…
By Margaret HendersonRadon levels in excess of the EPA recommended action level (4pCi/L) have been found in all 95 counties in Tennessee. Therefore, distributing the radon message to all Tennessee residents advising them to “test your home” is a goal the Tennessee Department of Environment and Cons…