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This question is being posted on behalf of Eleanor Wilson, who contacted RadonLeaders.org with her question. We have also forwarded her question to the NJ Radon Program. Please feel free to chime in with your answer and/or feedback below. Thank you!

Queston: I have a special condition where I have a walk-out basement and a
perimeter drain tile that empties to atmosphere through a hillside. (no sump
crcock) My mitigation tech wants to connect to the drain tile to lower the
Rn level in the home.

I can't see this working very well to pull negative pressure from the sub
slab area.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Bill Barnes

Call for Work Group Participants:
Design of EPA Radon Device Performance Study

Contact Jani Palmer at palmer.janise@epa.gov by Monday, April 19th if interested

EPA is designing a device performance study collaboratively with other radon stakeholders. Members of the Work Group should be prepared to openly discuss the study design and identify issues and concerns that may affect their stakeholder group.

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RadonPro - Radon testing and mitigation
2009 Revenue = $35,000 (19 homes in 2009) Part-time/nights and Saturdays
2009 gross profit(Inventory + net profit + tools) = $ 10,055 (29% profit margin)

Hello all,

I am brand new to the radon industry. I worked for a homebuilder that went belly up a few months ago, my parents were realtors for many years, and I have always been interested in radon. I am interested in starting a testing & mitigation company in. My hope is that someone on these forums may be able to help point me in the right direction to some good resources where I can continue my research. I am interested in learning about anything to do with the industry that you would like to share with me, including:

I don't use charcoal canisters, but I have questions (from a lab) regarding charcoal canisters that I am hopeful subscribers can answer.

The newborn radon testing program has been an effective method of testing homes in high-risk areas of radon across New York State since 2004. Over the past 5 years there has been a slow but steady increase in number of test results generated from this program. In June 2009, we partnered with the New York State Congenital Malformation Registry in regard to the hospitals they work with. From their list of specific contact information at each hospital, we were able to increase our number of participating hospitals from 25 in July of 2008 to 61 in August of 2009.

What does it take to get the EPA radon map changed? I have levels in my county that testing labs as well as my data indicated are well over 4.0 yet the EPA map shows 2-4.

Ren Ramsey
Radon Reduction LLC.

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