The North Dakota Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NDCCCP), North Dakota Cancer Coalition (NDCC) and include a Radon Objective for 2022. The Plan is a collaborative effort of the NDCCCP, the NDCC, and stakeholders including state agencies, public health professionals, health care professionals, schools, worksites, communities, and tribes involved with cancer prevention and control.
Radon is included in Environmental Issues, Objective 3. By 2022, strengthen public protection from cancer-causing environmental factors.
Strategies for radon include:
• Support educational campaigns about the carcinogenic risks of radon in the home, how to test for radon, sources for obtaining test kits, and removal of radon from the home.
• Educate North Dakotans about the importance of testing private drinking water supplies (water supplies not obtained from municipal or rural water supplies) for potential carcinogenic substances and considering environmental carcinogens near the water supply, and identify certified water testing laboratories that are available to conduct the testing.
• Educate the public, employers, health professionals, and policy makers about cancer-related environmental exposures, including, but not limited to: radon, asbestos, lead, mold, erionite, pesticides, and home-use products.
• Support worker health and safety policies and programs that include exposure to environmental carcinogens.
To see the Plan, visit
http://www.ndhealth.gov/compcancer/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-2022-ND-Statewide-Cancer-Plan_1-…
Source:
North Dakota Comprehensive Cancer Control State Plan 2018-2022. Bismarck, ND: North Dakota Department of Health, 2018.
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