“The Oregon Radon Awareness Program (ORAP) partnered with the Choose Safe Places Program (a non-regulatory program that helps childcare providers make safe decisions regarding childcare locations) to create radon educational materials for childcare providers. The materials include a one-pager about…
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…