USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk,“ noted the success of the
Tennessee State Cancer Plan 2018 – 2022. The plan identifies a primary objective aimed at increasing “the number of homes tested annually for radon by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Radon Program from 1,410 in 2018 to 2,500 by 2022.”
The plan also outlines multiple radon strategies under four primary categories:
1. Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes
2. Provider Training and Professional Development
3. Patient Access, Education and Programming
4. Progress and Evaluation
Policy strategies involve testing, disclosures, mortgage lending and radon resistant new construction.
Professional development targets school educators (K-12), measurement and mitigation certified professionals, and consultants in real estate and home inspection.
Patient access includes actions to:
1. Educate realtors on the dangers of radon.
2. Educate home inspectors on the dangers of radon.
3. Provide free or reduced-cost radon test kits.
4. Promote National Radon Action Month in January of each year.
5. Promote citizen resolutions to test homes.
Progress and evaluation includes these topics:
1. Promote citizen science in testing for radon to increase data.
2. Support the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention mapping project for states.
3. Support a mapping project with layovers of tobacco use, lung cancer incidence and radon levels
Source:
Source: Overview of EPA’s State Indoor Radon Grants Program: A Focus on Activities Conducted during 2021 https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/final-2021-annual-sirg-activities-report-508c.pdf
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