Maine Project to Test All Schools by 2025
“The Maine Department of Education requires schools to be built using radon resistant new construction. The state is continuing a multi-year project of testing all schools by 2025. During this reporting cycle, the state tested more than 15 additional schools…
“ In Virginia, Louisa County adopted IRC Appendix F into the local building code, requiring radon resistant new construction.”
Overview of EPA’s State & Tribal Indoor Radon Grants Program: A Focus on Activities Conducted During 2022, published in February 2023, notes this as an accomplishmen…
“Washington Radon Program developed a free radon test kit program for homeowners and renters to promote and increase testing in homes. State residents (including homeowners, renters, and landlords) may complete a form and provide address information to request a free test kit. To make this test kit…
“The Connecticut Cancer Control Plan 2021 – 2026 includes a radon objective aimed at increasing the percentage of households that test for radon from 48.2% to 53%. The plan includes strategies based on promoting public awareness regarding radon exposure and encouraging radon testing and reduction in…
“The District of Columbia (DC) submitted a document called “Radon in the District of Columbia” for inclusion in the Department of Health’s upcoming 2022-2027 DC Cancer Control Plan. Previous versions of the District of Columbia’s plan did not include radon awareness or strategies. The inclusion of r…
“In Indiana, licensed primary testers, laboratories, and mitigators are required to report all radon activity to the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). As a way of streamlining reporting and improving IDOH’s ability to characterize measurement and mitigation results, the state developed a web-base…