Five Strategies to be Proactive in Inflationary Times

by Amy Morris | May 25, 2022 | 2022, General Interest, Radon Business, RnBiz, The Radon Reporter

Robin Royals, President, RC Royals & Associates, LLC As a young commercial loan officer at Michigan National Bank of Detroit, I lived through a highly inflationary period during the Carter administration. The prime rate of interest was 11%. Prime rate is the...

The 2021 Certification Report

by Amy Morris | Jul 29, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Education, Radon Policy, The Radon Reporter

State Certification and Licensure Laws 101 In the United States, 19 states (with one pending) have laws or regulations in place that require some form of proficiency qualifications for professionals doing radon work in the marketplace. Nine states offer regulation...

Additional Radon Dose Exposure While at Home During the Pandemic

by Amy Morris | Jul 28, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Education, Radon Science, The Radon Reporter

Bruce Snead and Brian Hanson – National Radon Program Services at Kansas State University. Special thanks to Kevin Stewart of the American Lung Association for his input. The leading cause of lung cancer death in people who have never smoked is the person’s radon...

Process Is My Passion

by Amy Morris | Jul 28, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Business, The Radon Reporter

Robin Royals, President, RC Royals & Associates, LLC  Why Is Process My Passion? As a young athlete and future college quarterback, I discovered that I improved with more practice. At first, I was ineffective in my ability to throw the football accurately. I...

Tribal Nations Combat Radon

by Amy Morris | Mar 5, 2021 | 2021, General Interest, Radon Business, Radon Policy, The Radon Reporter

Brandy Toft, Environmental Deputy Director, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe St. Croix, Bay Mills, Grand Traverse, Bad River, Ho-Chunk, Keweenaw Bay, Leech Lake, St Croix, St Regis Mohawk, Nez Perce- just a few of the Tribal Nations that are taking radon to task. Tribes are...

Working With Certified Radon Contractors

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...