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What is Radon?
Radon is an invisible, radioactive gas that results from the radioactive decay of radium, which may be found in rock formations beneath buildings or in certain building materials themselves. Radon is probably the most pervasive serious hazard for indoor air in the United States and Europe, likely responsible for tens of thousands of deaths from lung cancer each year. There are relatively simple tests for radon gas, but these tests are not commonly done, even in areas of known systematic hazards. Radon is a heavy gas and thus will tend to accumulate at the floor level.
Building materials can actually be a significant source of radon, but very little testing is done for stone, rock or tile products brought into building sites. The half life for radon is 3.8 days, indicating that once the source is removed, the hazard will be greatly reduced within a few weeks. However annually thousands of people go to radon contaminated mines for purposeful exposure to help with the symptoms of arthritis without any serious known health effects. Radon mitigation methods can be applied at construction time or when the problem is detected. They are usually cost effective and can greatly reduce or even eliminate the contamination and the associated health risks.
Protecting the physical health of all Americans against the threat of radon gas begins with radon testing.
Testing to measure for radon gas in the indoor air we breathe is simple, inexpensive, and effective. If elevated levels are detected, we can protect ourselves from the effect of this harmful gas by fixing our homes using proven radon mitigation techniques.
Check out the US EPA’s website to promote National Radon Action Month: http://www.epa.gov/radon/nram/index.html. The U.S. Surgeon General warns that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking and the number one cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.
Radon is by far the greatest single source of radiation exposure to the general public!
Green Bear Innovations provides Radon Facts and Radon Information for the following areas of MA:
Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Amesbury, Andover, Arlington, Ashland, Athol, Attleboro, Auburn, Ayer, Barnstable, Bedford, Bellingham, Belmont, Beverly, Billerica, Blackstone, Boston, Bourne, Boxford, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Burlington, Cambridge, Canton, Carver, Charlton, Chatham, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Clinton, Cochituate, Cohasset, Concord, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dennis, Dighton, Douglas, Dracut, Dudley, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, East Falmouth, Easton, Everett, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Freetown, Gardner, Georgetown, Gloucester, Grafton, Groton, Groveland, Halifax, Hamilton, Hanover, Hanson, Harwich, Haverhill, Hingham, Holbrook, Holden, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Hull, Ipswich, Kingston, Lakeville, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leicester, Leominster, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marlborough, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medford, Medway, Melrose, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleborough, Middleton, Milford, Millbury, Millis, Milton, Montague, Natick, Needham, New Bedford, Newbury, Newburyport, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Attleborough, North Reading, Northborough, Northbridge, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Orleans, Oxford, Peabody, Pembroke, Pepperell, Pinehurst, Pittsfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Reading, Rehoboth, Revere, Rockland, Rockport, Rutland, Salem, Salisbury, Sandwich, Saugus, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Somerville, South Yarmouth, Southborough, Southbridge, Southwick, Spencer, Sterling, Stoneham, Stoughton, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Sutton, Swampscott, Swansea, Taunton, Templeton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, West Boylston, West Bridgewater, West Yarmouth, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, Weston, Westport, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitinsville, Whitman, Wilmington, Winchendon, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn, Worcester, Wrentham, Yarmouth
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