Florida Highights Historical Radon Poster Winners
Florida Health highlights historical radon poster winners from 2008 through 2021 created by Florida students in the annual poster contest. Some entries became winners in the national contest. In eight of the years, entries were judged as national w…
Current Program Information about the Nevada Radon Program
Contributed by Christine Kelly
The Nevada Radon Education Program, University of Nevada, Reno Extension, has produced a recent document on the Radon Program that discusses impacts, goals and future activities.
Targeted public impact is to ed…
Moab + Uranium = Radon
Experts meet in Moab for Region 8 Radon Conference
By Eleanor Divver
Radon experts from the west and southwest region of the U.S. traveled to Moab in April to take part in the Region 8 Radon Conference. Moab was a uranium mining homestead for many and much of the area’s minera…
The Washington State Department of Health provides outreach and information for the public to encourage testing and mitigation for radon. The Department states that radon is the single largest source of radiation for almost everyone in Washington and makes an effort to inform individuals about the…
Florida Health Radon Protection Maps describe the areas of the state by county where added radon resistant measures beyond the current energy efficient building code are needed to prevent indoor radon problems. The radon resistant measures are voluntary standards. The maps are shown for only those…
In Florida, Statute 404.056 requires testing of some state licensed day care centers and schools k-12. Currently, only facilities in certain counties are required to test for radon. Previously radon testing was required statewide. Testing is mandatory in some areas of Florida as show in this map…