“The Oregon Radon Awareness Program (ORAP) partnered with the Choose Safe Places Program (a non-regulatory program that helps childcare providers make safe decisions regarding childcare locations) to create radon educational materials for childcare providers. The materials include a one-pager about radon and children's health impacts, simplified short-term test kit instructions, and ORAP's Have You Tested Your Home for Radon brochure translated in six additional languages. Childcare facilities will also be able to request free radon test kits if they operate out of homes located in high-radon risk or undetermined-radon risk zip codes or express an interest in testing.”
Overview of EPA’s State & 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)
The Oregon Health Authority Choose Safe Places helps childcare facilities make decisions on making their facilities safe. Decisions include safe siting choices for future centers as well as evaluating potential hazards at existing centers. Choose Safe Places provides a crosslink to the Radon Awareness Program at https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/HEALTHYENVIRONMENTS/HEALTHYNEIGHBORHOODS/RADONGAS/Pages/index.aspx The Radon Program provides additional guidance on testing and mitigation and radon levels in Oregon.
United States