by Margaret Henderson
Through its website, the Radon Program in Florida has provided medical professionals with resources about radon and encourages physicians to inquire about radon levels in the homes of their patients. See http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/radon/Outreach/Physicians.html
The website notes that “some health care professionals and organizations have begun to include questions about the radon level in patients' homes on standardized patient history forms.”
Several links are provided for physicians to review documents from organizations including:
- Radon: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians;
- National Cancer Institute - Radon and Cancer;
- American Cancer Society - Radon Information;
- Health Physics Society - Perspective on Radon; and
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Radon Case Study.
Florida’s Radon Program has used the website to approach physicians and encourage them to convey to their patients information about the serious risks of radon and the need and means to reduce elevated radon levels. This is in keeping one of the three primary missions of the Radon Program, to educate and inform the public about radon and its health effects.
For more information, contact:
Radon and Indoor Air Program
850-245-4288
phtoxicology@flhealth.gov
United States