National Radon Awareness Week: October 2011 Sponsored By Ross Aton of Air Q

National Radon Action week is quickly approaching. October 17th-24th is the week that Americans are urged to test their homes, schools, and workplaces for the second leading cause of lung cancer: radon gas. The United States government has announced their 'action plan' to reduce lung cancer risk to the American public through new radon testing and mitigation requirements. Multiple branches of the government have been recruited to enforce these new requirements. The government is implementing new radon testing and remediation requirements with the assistance of U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration, and the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Interior, and Veterans Affairs. The plan will require radon testing and reduction in American homes and workplaces. Testing for radon gas during real estate transactions will be a requirement and mitigation will be necessary when the levels of radon gas are dangerous. Also, schools, daycares, commercial and office buildings will be tested for radon to protect the American public outside of their homes. Learn more about the plan at www.RadonPlan.us The American media is stepping up this year and reminding families throughout the country to test and mitigate during this nationally-designated week. 'Radon testing kits are readily available in hardware stores and through local health departments,' states Ben Ingalls, Director of Radon Removal for Air Quality Control of Denver. 'Radon gas causes more deaths every year than home fires and carbon monoxide combined,' states Jeffery Finken, a radon specialist with Air Quality Control, North America's largest mitigation contractor. 'The problem is easy to fix. It's simply a matter of testing to find out if the problem is there,' adds Dan Tompkins of AQC. National Radon Week is the perfect time to find out if your family is at risk. So what do you do if your house tests positive for radon? For houses with basements or slabs, the most common technique for radon remediation is active sub slab suction which may also be called sub slab depressurization. This approach places one or more suction pipes through the slab into the material underneath the house. These pipes are then connected to a fan that draws the radon gas through the pipes and vent it above the house where it is safely dispersed. Residents of Colorado, ... [click the link below to read more]

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