Three months ago I blogged to parents and teachers about opportunities for kids to participate in a radon poster contest to get their design on a T-shirt to celebrate National Radon Action Month. Responses were abundant, and let me tell you the posters being voted on as I blog are phenomenal! A T-sh…
To promote radon education to children during the 2010 National Radon Action Month, the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA) Radon Program conducted outreach at the Fort Defiance Immersion School, in Fort Defiance, Arizona.The students – ranging from grades 5th through 8th – learned…
Citizens for Clean Air in Pueblo for Education, Research, Action (CCAP-ERA), is a non-profit community organization whose mission is to protect the health and quality of life of residents of Southern Colorado. It works through paid staff, volunteers, community partnerships, and grant-funded projec…
Weeklong series of events to highlight EPA’s 40 years protecting American communities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will hold several events kicking off a weeklong commemoration of EPA’s 40th Anniversary on Monday.
Monday morning, the Aspen In…
The 2010 National Radon Action Month offered a unique opportunity to partner and work with several organizations within our community – all in the hopes of educating and raising awareness about radon-induced lung cancer. We worked with organizers from CANSAR, Free to Breath as well as the American L…
Discussion: Why Radon MattersTed Garrison with Gloria Linnertz and Dr. Joseph Leach
Gloria Linnertz is Vice President of Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSAR) and Board member of American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST). CanSAR is dedicated to preventing radon-induced lu…