by Amy Morris | Mar 5, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Business, The Radon Reporter
Susan Martino & Patty Dooley-Strappelli, Environmental Health Specialists, Boulder County Public Health You’ve likely seen the EPA Radon Zone Map and recall the concentration of red Zone 1 areas in the Northern and Central USA. Based on comprehensive radon...
by Amy Morris | Mar 5, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Policy, The Radon Reporter
Dr. Bill Field, Professor, College of Public Health, University of Iowa Over the past 40 years, more rigorous scientific research has been performed quantifying the risk posed by radon than for almost any other carcinogen. Findings from cohort studies of radon-exposed...
by Nicole Chazaud | Mar 4, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Education, Radon Symposium, RnBiz
The American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) celebrates its 35th Anniversary of the International Radon Symposium by expanding its conference agenda to include vapor intrusion and has renamed the annual event the AARST International Radon and...
by Amy Morris | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020, General Interest, The Radon Reporter
Tommy Bowles, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, US EPA Every year Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL) performs the Annual Builder Practices Survey (ABPS), a nationally disseminated building practices survey. The survey is mailed to over 53,000 active U.S. home...
by Amy Morris | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020, General Interest, Radon Policy, The Radon Reporter
Amy Morris, AARST Integrated Media Manager THE NUMBERS After learning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends every home be tested for radon, one of the first questions a homeowner will have is, ‘How much does it cost to test?’ What if we reverse that...
by Amy Morris | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020, General Interest, The Radon Reporter
Ellen J. Hahn, Nicholas B. Conley, William C. Haneberg, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, Clay Hardwick What if every healthcare professional advised their patients who smoke to test their homes for radon? What if every radon professional urged homeowners with high radon...