The Utah Radon Coalition is promoting National Radon Action Month by providing general and specific Utah radon information. Free testing and mitigation assistance is also being offered.
Radon information that is specific to Utah is provided by Dr. Wallace Akerley, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Utah School of Medicine. Highlights note:
• Between 1973 and 2019, there were approximately 6278 fatalities in Utah attributable to lung cancer caused by radon gas (based on World Health Organization general estimate that 14% - 25% of lung cancer cases are attributable to radon gas).
• To date, the number of lung cancer fatalities caused by radon gas make radon gas Utah’s most deadly geologic hazard.
• Nearly two thirds of soil in Utah contains high to extremely high levels of radon.
As the Coalition’s project for NRAM 2021, free radon testing is being offered from December 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. The offer is given to homeowner households in six Salt Lake County cities with a history of high radon readings. Those cities are: Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Herriman, Millcreek, Sandy, and South Jordan.
The URC Low-Income Radon Mitigation Assistance program will also provide low to no cost radon mitigation services to four low-income homeowner households located within the project area whose homes are measured by the free tests to have high radon levels.
Other specifications may apply. See https://www.utahradoncoalition.org/radon-action-month-2021.html
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