| Although radon has been around since the late | | | | American Medical Association unanimously agree |
| 1800's, there are a lot of people who do not | | | | that testing your home is critical to the overall |
| know what radon is and the dangers that are | | | | health and well being of your family. |
| associated with it. | | | | There are ways to lower radon levels to an |
| Radon is a natural gas; it is the by-product of | | | | acceptable limit. Most of the time, the cost is |
| uranium, which is found in most soil in the United | | | | minimal. The do-it-yourself enthusiast can do it for |
| States. | | | | less than five hundred dollars. |
| It is an odorless, colorless gas that can be found | | | | If you are hesitant to do it yourself because of |
| in homes, schools public buildings and even | | | | what is at stake, then you can hire a professional |
| churches. It can be found in the soil and even the | | | | to remove the radon from your home. |
| water. | | | | It is alarming to learn that the radiation that is in |
| Radon is radioactive and it can be potentially | | | | radon gas is the same radiation that is found in |
| deadly if it is not found in time. | | | | Plutonium. It is equally alarming to learn that a |
| Scientific research has proven that Radon gas is | | | | person living in a home with this substance is |
| the second leading cause of lung cancer in the | | | | being exposed at a rate of thirty- five times |
| United States. It is frightening to think that if a | | | | higher than the NRC (Nuclear regulatory |
| person smokes tobacco and breathes in radon | | | | commission) allows for a radio active waste |
| gas, that person is doubling their risk of developing | | | | disposal site. |
| lung cancer. Radon does not have any symptoms | | | | The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) |
| until it is too late. In the United States today, over | | | | established that one in one hundred thousand |
| two billion dollars are spent every year on radon | | | | people would die from carcinogens. The death |
| related cancer costs. | | | | rate for radon is one in one hundred. These |
| Our children are our most precious commodities | | | | numbers are appalling. |
| and we send them to school each day for a | | | | This dangerous substance has been a threat for a |
| proper education. If there is radon in the schools, | | | | long time and has been found in homes in every |
| our children are breathing this poison nine months | | | | state in the United States. Until recent decades, |
| out of the year for twelve years. It can take | | | | no one really thought too much about it. Now that |
| years for radon poisoning to take its toll. | | | | we know how dangerous it is, steps have been |
| The American Lung Association, National Safety | | | | taken to either reduce the radon to an acceptable |
| Council, the Environmental Protection Agency, | | | | level or eliminate it all together. |