The South Carolina Radon Program has updated its radon map to include test data through June 30 of 2021. Results were compiled from tests conducted by homeowners using test kits provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and represent initial test for homes not previously mitig…
Maryland’s Cancer Plan for 2025, The Prevention Institute’s Health Equity and Prevention Primer, identifies social determinants of health: Place, Social, Health Care Services, and Equitable Opportunity. These determinants can influence individual exposures and behaviors that can lead to an increase…
The Environmental Law Institute has released a new report: Radon in Child Care: Review of State Policies.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as many tribes and local governments, establish health and safety standards for licensed child care. This report discusses how state laws and…
This Minnesota Department of Health Indoor Air Unit is holding a two-hour radon webinar for existing radon partners and other organizations interested in learning more about radon. This webinar will provide updates about radon. The agenda includes our education work, outreach efforts, current guidan…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment uses social media (Facebook) posts to promote testing for radon. The department’s Facebook page includes radon posts along with other health messages. A recent post emphasizes that the only way to know the radon level is to test. It also directs th…
The University of Georgia Radon Program uses social media (Facebook) in its outreach efforts to inform the public about radon. The page for UGA Extension Carroll County presents posts from Derek Cooper, UGS Radon Specialist of the Radon Program.
In posting about radon and lung cancer, he announces…