January 22-26 is Radon Awareness Week. This year, CDC’s theme for the week is “What’s Your Radon Story?” Each day will feature facts about radon with supporting graphics, social media messages, and a radon story. Please save the date for a webinar on January 22 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. Join us to learn about federal, state, and local initiatives to reduce radon in multi-family housing and communities with lower access to resources. Register to attend the free webinar.
New Communication Resources
Listen to the Environmental Health Nexus podcast where senior health physicist Adela Salame-Alfie, PhD discusses radon, the risk it poses, and why it is a communication challenge.
Download the Radon for Kids activity book created by CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to promote environmental health and educate families, schools, and communities about radon in the environment. Ray, the radon guide, will show you where radon can be found and how it can affect people’s health.
For additional information and communication resources, visit CDC’s Radon Awareness Week website. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/features/protect-home-radon/
and https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/newsletter/rh-newsletter-raw2022.html
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