“The Connecticut Cancer Control Plan 2021 – 2026 includes a radon objective aimed at increasing the percentage of households that test for radon from 48.2% to 53%. The plan includes strategies based on promoting public awareness regarding radon exposure and encouraging radon testing and reduction in homes, schools, and workplaces.”
Overview of EPA’s State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants Program: A Focus on Activities Conducted During 2022, published in February 2023, notes this as an accomplishment. (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-02/2022%20Annual%20SIRG%20Activities%20Report.pdf)
See the Plan at https://ctcancerpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Final-CT-Cancer-Plan-2021_2026-with-endn…
Radon is addressed in Emphasizing Primary Prevention: Goal 2: Promote healthy living and cancer prevention through risk factor reduction. Section G -2, Priority Area 2: Exposures to Environmental Carcinogens includes a discussion of why radon is important.
The Radon Objective is to increase the percentage of households that test air for the presence of radon gas from 48.2%to 53%.
Strategies for radon include:
• Promote public awareness regarding radon exposure and encourage radon testing and reduction in homes, schools, and workplaces.
• Provide education surrounding lung cancer risks (smoking, radon, radiation) focusing on risk reduction through tobacco cessation and home radon testing (ensure that underserved populations are addressed).
Resources for radon information reference Connecticut Department of Public Health Radon Program. https://portal.ct.gov/dph/EnvironmentalHealth/Radon/Radon-Program
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