AARST_Radon_Reporter_Q42025

40 | DECEMBER 2025 NRAP is a strategy anchored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase action on radon. The NRAP Leadership Council unites different perspectives on the challenge of finding and fixing preventable radon exposures. The Leadership Council has sustained its collaboration to guide national radon action since 2015. Several key themes are central to the NRAP, including: • A commitment to enhancing occupant protections, including building codes • Leveraging available sources of funding and recognizing opportunities to seek additional funding for testing and mitigation. • Building capacity for effective radon service delivery systems • And finally, a commitment to address disparities in radon risk reduction. The NRAP Leadership Council invites leaders who are serious about saving lives, building in health protection where we live, work, and learn; eliminating preventable disease; and realizing a high return on investment in a healthier future to support the NRAP. A NATIONAL PLAN TO SAVE LIVES A national effort is underway to implement strategies for preventing lung cancer deaths annually by reducing high radon levels in homes, apartments, schools, and childcare centers. Representatives of federal agencies, state and tribal radon programs, nonprofit organizations, and the radon services industry have worked together to develop and implement this coordinated plan to reduce radon risk. The National Radon Action Plan: A Strategy for Saving Lives sets out strategies to drive the changes needed to reduce exposure to radon. Strategies include requiring radon testing and reduction systems as a standard practice in housing finance and insurance programs, and institutionalizing radon risk reduction through building code requirements. The 2025 strategies in the National Radon Action Plan (NRAP) reflect the strongest potential to effectively reduce radon risk through institutionalizing risk reduction. The coalition of NRAP members has formed committees to execute all strategies, with a particular focus on those strategies most likely to result in systems change. Building on the framework for planning action that the federal government had started, the four key strategies in the NRAP are the following Build in radon risk reduction: Approaches that embed radon risk reduction as standard practice across the entire housing sector. Provide incentives and support for radon risk reduction: Approaches that motivate individuals to pay for testing, mitigation, and radon-resistant construction with financial encouragement and provide direct financial support for radon testing and risk reduction for people who cannot pay. Test and mitigate using professional radon services: Approaches that promote the use of certified radon services and help to build demand to sustain a high-quality industry. Increase visibility: Approaches that garner broad public attention for the radon issue and demonstrate the importance of radon risk reduction. The NRAP builds on the work of the Federal Radon Action Plan adopted in 2011. Under that plan, federal agencies made several key steps using available authority and resources to advance the battle against radon. Key federal partners leading the way in the National Radon Action Plan are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Eight national organizations are also active leaders in the NRAP: American Lung Association, which convenes the Leadership Council; American Society of Home Inspectors; Children’s Environmental Health Network; Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction; Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors; Environmental Law Institute; Indoor Environments Association, and National Center for Healthy Housing. Reprinted from Radon Leaders Saving Lives National Radon Action Plan (NRAP)