North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Control Action Plan 2020-2025 includes strategies and actions for radon control. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Radon Program was a contributor to the plan.
Radon is identified as an environmental substance that is present in North Carolina and can cause cancer. Preventative actions include testing and mitigation. A goal of the plan is to change behaviors, thus reducing cancer risk and incidence and mortality rates.
Strategic actions to reduce lung cancer include testing for radon and encouraging construction of radon resistant new construction. Community outreach encourages school administrators, business leaders and employers to test buildings.
In “Call to Action: Doing Your Part” the plan promotes preventative actions:
• It encourages individuals to test your home for radon and eliminate high levels.
• Partnerships are encouraged to educate others about testing and mitigation in homes, workplaces, schools and public buildings.
• Schools are encouraged to test buildings for radon.
• Businesses are encouraged to educate employees about testing their homes.
For more information, see:
North Carolina Radon Program
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/health-service-regulation/north-carolina-radon-program
North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Control Action Plan 2020-2025 https://www.ncdhhs.gov/media/14766/download?attachment
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