smoke and your home has high Radon levels, your risk of lung cancer is especially high.
The only way to detect the amount of Radon present is to test for it. There are short-term test kits available, as well as long-term tests. Short-term tests remain in your home for a period of two days to 90 days, and a long-term test remains in your home for more than 90 days. All Radon tests should be taken for a minimum of 48 hours. A short-term test will yield faster results, but a long-term test will give you a better understanding of your home’s year-round average Radon level.
Ask your local township if they offer free Radon test kits—many do! The EPA recommends testing your home, school, or business every two years, even if you have an active radon mitigation system in place.
One of our favorite conversation starters is: If you came home and found a hole in your home’s roof, what would you do? Fix it, of course! Just because you can’t see or smell it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. Please, test your home for Radon!
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geologic unit in southern York, Lancaster, and Chester counties, was found to have the highest potential radon exposure from both groundwater and indoor air. This area also had the highest percentage of private well users, which puts this population at greater potential of exposure to radon from groundwater and indoor air.
“This research is not intended to predict radon levels for individual wells; its purpose is to promote awareness regarding potential radon exposure in Pennsylvania and to point out data gaps that exist throughout the state,” said USGS scientist Eliza Gross, who led the study. “The study results and associated potential radon exposure maps provide water-resource managers and health officials with useful data as they consider management actions in areas where radon levels in groundwater and indoor air have been notably high and where people rely on private wells as a water source.”
Even though only small sections of the state were analyzed for radon levels in groundwater, Gross still feels the findings are important for Pennsylvanians with private wells.
“Radon levels can vary widely, even within the same geologic unit,” Gross said. “Because of that, the only way a homeowner can know if his or her water or indoor air has high levels of radon is to get them tested, and then treat their homes if necessary.”
The study, "Evaluation of Radon Occurrence in Groundwater from 16 Geologic Units in Pennsylvania, 1986–2015, with Application to Potential Radon Exposure from Groundwater and Indoor Air," is online at https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175018.
For more information about radon in Pennsylvania, visit the PADEP Radon Division Website at http://dep.pa.gov/radon or call the PADEP Radon Hotline at 1-800-237-2366 or the PADEP Radon Division at 717-783-3594.
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