http://blog.epa.gov/students/2013/01/it%e2%80%99s-radon-awareness-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-radon-awareness-month An Environmental Blog for Students Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/students/2013/01/it%e2%80%99s-radon-awareness-month/#comment-833 U.S. EPA Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:49:48 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/students/?p=876#comment-833 Thank you for your comment. U.S. EPA always recommends the use of radon test devices that are certified by one of the national certification organizations – The National Radon Proficiency Program or the National Radon Safety Board – or by a state radon program. Certified devices should have one of those certification labels on the packaging. Though the plug in radon monitors are easy to use, the U.S. EPA Agency advises that results from these types of monitors be confirmed using certified radon test devices.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/students/2013/01/it%e2%80%99s-radon-awareness-month/#comment-824 Kerry Frank Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:21:12 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/students/?p=876#comment-824 We have a daughter that is a leukemia survivor when we tested our home it was 21, way above the recommended amount. We had simple mitigation done, and although we are earth contact it maintains a safe level year round. There are now plug in monitors; similar to a co2 detector. We have one and run it every other month to track ongoing levels. Though the verdict is out in the US related to leukemia and radon, it would one sense that fast changing cells like those found in your bone marrow, would be affected similarly to those found in lung tissue. European studies have found a. Correlation, but are unpopular due to control issues in the US.

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