Kayla’ s Story: A Maine Mother’ s Unexpected Journey with Radon
Posted November 19, 2025 ꞏ
When Kayla Dion bought her home in Maine-her first ever, she was excited: she was in a beautiful area, with easy access to work, and plenty of room for her children to grow, flourish and thrive. She expected the usual challenges of homeownership: the utilities to set up, the boxes to unpack, the household fixes here and there. What she didn’ t expect was the discovery that her home, her refuge for herself and family contained dangerous levels of radon.
Kayla had never heard of radon, and she didn’ t realize just how common this serious health risk is. Maine has some of the highest radon levels in the country: average test results in Maine are 290 % above national averages. Yet no one told her about it, not her realtor, friends and family or even the well water company. As a medical professional that works in the healthcare field- it was not standard screening that she had encountered in her over 15 years of healthcare work history. She only learned