The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Radon Section, has posted recent data that indicates success in meeting health plan goals for testing homes for radon. The Radon Section has posted radon screenings from each year beginning with 2004 and current to 2023. The data were last updated and published on November 21, 2024. Information is available in graphic and tabular format at https://www-doh.nj.gov/doh-shad/indicator/view/Radon.Year.html.
The Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) objectives include radon with a goal of increasing the percentage of homes in New Jersey that have been tested for radon to 35 percent by 2020. The plan notes that environmental exposures such as lead, radon, air pollution, and poor water quality can adversely impact health. HNJ202 forms the basis for the State Health Improvement Plan and agenda for the 2010-2020 decade.
The Radon Section reports that In 2004, 19.1% of homes were tested for radon. As of 2023, the percentage of homes tested was 36.4%, which exceeds the Healthy New Jersey improvement target for radon testing. In 2023, a total of 1,382,727 homes were tested.
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