Protecting Your Family Is Easy...

1. Learn The Facts: Spend a little time reviewing the information found on this site. The more you know about radon, the safer your family will be.

2. Test Your Home: Testing is easy, inexpensive and only takes a few minutes of your time.

3. If A Problem Is Found, Fix It: Radon problems can usually be corrected in less than a day and will increase the value of your home. It is a smart investment with many healthful benefits.

Radon Awareness - The Bad News

Last year in America, over 21,000 of our loved ones died from cancer caused by radon. Our country spent over 2 Billion dollars in health care costs due to radon exposure and sadly, this year it will happen again because most people still do not know that radon has been linked to over 12% of all cancer deaths. Our State and Federal governments are trying everything they can to educate and inform all of us about radon but they simply do not have the proper funding to get the message out. An increase in the radon awareness budget does not seem likely anytime in the near future.

The Good News

All the information you need to know about radon is right here and it only takes about 15 minutes to learn the facts. Protect your family and become an advocate for radon awareness. We can save thousands of lives every year through a grassroots effort by telling our friends, neighbors and loved ones about radon. Together, we can make a difference. Let’s start with…

What Is Radon?

Glad you asked! Radon is radiation. There are no safe levels of radiation, so the higher your radon level, the greater your risk. Health experts recommend that you try to minimize your exposure to all forms of radiation including x-rays, nuclear radiation and solar radiation, but especially radon because of its ability to mutate cells within the human body.

Radon is element # 86 on the periodic chart of elements. It is a colorless, tasteless and odorless gas with a radioactive half-life of only 3.82 days. Radon is created when radium, element #88, breaks down through radioactive decay. Radium’s half-life is 1602 years. The amount of radon in your home will be determined by the amount of radium present in the soil that surrounds your house. It also depends on the ease of entry and amount of negative pressure within the home.