USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk, noted the success of the Wyoming Radon Program in establishing the state’s first radon video contest to promote National Radon Action Month, alongside their annual Radon Poster Contest in 2020. In its second year, the number of vide…
USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk, noted the success of the Washington Radon Program in collaborating with the state’s Choose Safe Places program to create mapping tools on the Washington Tracking Network, which was designed to provide childcare facilities increased…
USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk, noted the success of the Maryland Department of Environment in creating a Continuing Medical Education (CME) module which was presented through the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics titled: "Lead, Asthma,…
USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk,” noted the success of the Nevada Cancer Plan 2021 – 2025, which includes a specific objective to ‘decrease exposure to elevated levels of radon’ and outlines a goal to increase the number of homes mitigated from 1,513 in 2019 to 2,2…
The 2022-2027 Illinois Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan includes radon. Survey participants specifically wanted radon included.
In the Plan, radon is listed as another risk factor for lung cancer: Exposure to radon (a naturally occurring gas from rocks and dirt that can get trapped in houses and b…
The State of Rhode Island Department of Health Radon Control Program conducts activities to protect Rhode Islanders from lung cancer due to radon exposure by ensuring that no homes, schools, or other high priority public buildings have unacceptable radon levels.
Action areas include:
• Implement and…