The Radon Section of the New York State Department of Health conducts a variety of outreach activities to educate the public on radon risks, as well as remediation. The department has been tracking data and has updated its findings through 2020.
Testing data are presented to the public in various forms and have been updated through 2020. The test results are assembled by county and by town. Test results by town include 118,563 results.
https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/radiological/radon/towns.htm
Results by county are given at https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/radiological/radon/county.htm
The New York Department of Health, Wadsworth Center provides extensive data. Using a program developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the estimates of the percentage of homes with greater than 4 pCi/L and the uncertainties in these estimates were mapped. For areas in the state where few measurements have been made, the percent of homes with above 4 pCi/L has been estimated using indoor radon correlations with the surficial geology of the area.
Additional activities of the New York program include:
• the detector distribution program;
• assistance to schools and county health departments;
• participation in exhibits;
• educational meetings of building and real-estate professionals; and
• research studies.
For additional information, please call the Radon Hotline at 1-800-458-1158 extension 27556.
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