by Margaret HendersonNew York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) provides online radon data from 2000 to 2017 at county-level that has five-year rolling averages. The NYS DOH Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Portal allows development of maps, graphs and tables. Information available incl…
Contributed by Cynthia Stephenson
The annual NYS Radon Stakeholders meeting was held on October 10, at the Traditions at the Glen, in Johnson City, New York. There were 54 stakeholders in attendance made up of county health department staff, home inspectors and radon testers and mitigators. AARST he…
The Colorado Cancer Control Plan 2016 – 2020, Roadmap to Reducing the Burden of Cancer in Colorado targets radon in its section on environmental exposures that lead to cancer. The Plan, a product of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Colorado Cancer Coalition, w…
The Minnesota Department of Health is busy with several radon activities to promote awareness of radon and encourage testing and education about radon. These include:
· Marketing campaign statewide, including TV, radio, web, highway billboards and Pandora (Pandora is new this year)
· Minnesota Wild…
January is Radon Awareness Month. Approximately 1,200 Illinoisans are diagnosed with radon-related lung cancer each year, so make sure your home is radon-free! Radon can’t be seen, smelled, or tasted so the only way to detect its presence is through a licensed professional or at-home test kit. You c…
Six Connecticut schools participated in this year’s State of CT Radon Poster Contest. A total of 210 students in grades 4th through 7th submitted posters. Posters were judged by staff in the Environmental Health Section at the CT Department of Public Health (DPH) to determine a first, second, and th…