epa.gov - 1/12/2009
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EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month. Learn more about the national effort to take action against radon. EPA Recommends: Test your home for radon, it's easy and inexpensive; Fix your home if your radon level is 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) or higher. Radon levels less than ...
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Question of the Week: What have you done to protect your home against radon?
Greenversations —
... Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas, but it can build up inside homes and cause lung cancer (it’s number 2, after smoking). You can buy radon test kits to check for radon, improve home ventilation, and other things. January is National Radon Action Month. ...
It's National Radon Action Month
TreeHugger —
Always late to the party, here it is the 22nd and we just find out that it is Radon Protection Month in America.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Most Radon enters your house through the basement or slab; that is why we say on Planet Green that if you are building a home office, put it above grade.
The only way to find it is to test for it, and if it is in the basement, it is relatively easy to deal with through sealing and vent... ...
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