The Midwest Universities Radon Consortium (MURC) is one of three U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established Regional Radon Training Centers (RRTCs) founded in 1988. The mission of the RRTCs is to provide training to public officials, nonprofit and private firms, and the public regarding…
It is NOT too late to register for the upcoming Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) 17th Annual Meeting and Indoor Environment & Energy Exposition!The meeting and expo will take place this March 17-19, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The IAQA technical program is designed to appeal to profession…
Dear Radon Leaders:An Excel copy of the data contained in the EPA/State Residential Radon Surveys conducted between 1987 and 1992 is available. This data has been used by EPA in a variety of ways over the years, including construction of the EPA Map of Radon Zones. Radon researchers and others may f…
Dear Radon Leaders: An Excel copy of the data contained in the EPA/State Residential Radon Surveys conducted between 1987 and 1992 is now available. This data may be of interest to radon researchers. This data has been used by EPA and others in a variety of ways over the years, including the constr…
As part of Radon Action Month in January, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) urged people throughout Illinois to test their homes for radon, a cancer-causing radioactive gas that has been found in nearly 40 percent of Illinois homes tested. Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas…
This Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Rita R. Robison wrote a blog post titled, "State offers new map on radon risk; urges testing of all homes" for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Her blog post discusses a new online map that allows Washington state residents to see whether their neighborhoods are at geo…