USEPA in “Spotlight: Successful Approaches for Reducing Radon Risk,” noted the success of the Nevada Cancer Plan 2021 – 2025, which includes a specific objective to ‘decrease exposure to elevated levels of radon’ and outlines a goal to increase the number of homes mitigated from 1,513 in 2019 to 2,200 by 2025. The plan also includes specific strategies to ‘educate and encourage health care providers to add a radon testing question to their annual patient questionnaire’ as well as ‘promote policies for radon-resistant homes, including radon-resistant new home construction and licensure of radon professionals.’
The Nevada Plan notes improvement from the previous plan covering the years 2016-2020 in the area of homes tested and mitigated for radon. The Plan notes exposure to radon as having a direct link to cancer. Prevention indicators were noted as follows, using data from the Nevada Radiation Control Program, 2019.
• Valid radon home tests completed Baseline: 24,271 Target: 33,000
• Existing homes mitigated for radon Baseline: 1,513 Target: 2,200
• New homes built radon-resistant Baseline: 531 Target: 660
Radon objective and strategies include:
Objective: Decrease exposure to elevated levels of radon.
Strategies:
• Conduct an annual campaign to educate Nevadans about radon’s health risk, how to test for the gas, and the methods for radon mitigation.
• Promote policies and activities to educate and inform consumers about radon exposure, testing, and mitigation during real estate transactions.
• Educate and encourage health care providers to add a radon testing question to their annual patient questionnaire.
• Promote policies for radon-resistant homes, including radon-resistant new home construction and licensure of radon professionals.
Susan Howe and Nadia Noel, of the Nevada Radiation Education Program, contributed to the plan.
Nevada Cancer Plan: https://www.nevadacancercoalition.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/Nevada%20Cancer%20Plan%202021-202…
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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