The State of Rhode Island Department of Health Radon Control Program conducts activities to protect Rhode Islanders from lung cancer due to radon exposure by ensuring that no homes, schools, or other high priority public buildings have unacceptable radon levels.
Action areas include:
• Implement and enforce the mandatory radon testing and mitigation requirements for public and high priority buildings.
• Certify, and control quality of, the licensed radon professional infrastructure.
• Promote radon testing and mitigation in residential properties through education and outreach campaigns.
• Promote radon resistant new construction in homes, schools and public buildings.
• Manage and maintain a comprehensive radon database of public/high priority and residential test results.
• Collaborate with, and support, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Protecting People and Families from Radon Initiative.
Regarding the radon database activities, the Radon Control Program presents radon information in an online map illustrating radon data in order to evaluate the health risk and patterns of radon exposure in Rhode Island. The map uses Rhode Island Department of Health Radon Database 2021.
The number of houses tested as 59,791. The map illustrates Rhode Island Homes ≥ 4.0 pCi/L.
Key findings are:
• One in four homes in Rhode Island contain radon at or above the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 4.0 pC/L. This is significantly higher than the national average of one in fifteen homes.
• In Exeter and Richmond, more than 50% of tested homes exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level.
For more information, contact the department:
Telephone 401-222-5960
Phone: 401-222-5960
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