CR3 News Magazine 2021 VOL 4: SEPTEMBER RADON, CHILDREN and SCHOOLS | Page 36

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Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and the second leading cause of lung cancer in the general population. Radon in U.S. homes causes approximately 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year. This risk is largely preventable. Most people receive their greatest exposure to radon in their home dwellings. Radon concentrations in ground-contact apartments have been found to be similar to those in low-rise residential buildings located in the same area.4 Be it at home, work or school, an individual’s exposure to radon gas combines over time to increase the risk of preventable lung cancer.

This standard of practice specifies procedures and minimum requirements when measuring radon concentrations in shared structures, or portions of shared structures, used for residential, non-residential or mixed use purposes to determine if radon mitigation is necessary to protect current and future occupants. These protocols address low-rise and high-rise structures and procedures for testing whole buildings but also for testing only one or several individual rooms or dwellings within a shared building.

ANSI/AARST MALB-2014 with 1/2021 REVISIONS

Schools and Large Buildings

Social Determinants of Health