2022 Member Appreciation
May is AARST Member Appreciation Month We are celebrating YOU all month long! Thank you for being part of our community! AARST Members are the core of everything we do,and that’s why we are devoting the entire month of May to show appreciation for our members.We are...
Mitigation Compliance Inspections – Perfect for Home Inspectors
Last October, the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) implemented a new certification of special interest to home inspectors: Soil Gas Mitigation Compliance Inspector (SGM-CI). The role of this inspection is to verify whether an installed radon mitigation system...
Federal Appropriations: News from Capitol Hill
Congress reached an agreement to fund the federal government in March, a scant six months into the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Highlights: EPA’s State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) program will receive another $500,000 during FY 22 to bring the total to...
Legislative Victories
Legislative Victory: School Testing and Mitigation Required in Iowa The Gail Orcutt School Radon Safety Act passed the Iowa Senate unanimously this past Tuesday, and the Iowa House by an overwhelming majority on March 7. It awaits the signature of Iowa Governor Kim...
National Radon Action Plan 2021-25
(Excerpts from the The National Radon Action Plan 2021–2025 Document.)After 5 years in partnership, the NRAP Leadership Council continues to collaborate, sharing ideas about how best to move critical, life-saving radon action forward. This multisector group shares the...
AARST Releases 2022 Radon Report Card
The American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) has launched the Radon Report Card, a tool for viewing, by state, the latest available data on radon-induced lung cancer risk and current state policies that help reduce risk. The Radon Report Card...
ARPC 2022 Drive
What is the ARPC? ARPC is the American Radon Policy Campaign, which is AARST’s program to raise funds to support federal and state policy that advances radon risk reduction. Why does AARST need to raise ARPC funds every year? So many reasons:• Efforts have been made...
Call for Presentation Abstracts 2022
Call For Presentation Abstracts is Now Open for the 36th Annual AARST International Radon and Vapor Intrusion Symposium on October 24-26, 2022 taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Washington. Your knowledge and experience are very important to us! For over...
HUD’s Climate Action Plan Addresses Radon Policy
HUD has committed to minimize residential radon exposure by developing policy across programs and providing guidance and technical assistance to HUD program partners. According to the plan (released November 17), HUD will develop a simple departmental radon policy...