Bethlehem was one of five Lehigh Valley school districts that a JAMA Network study released Dec. 3 showed could be at risk of high radon levels. The study examined publicly available radon data from the district’ s constituent communities to estimate children’ s potential exposure to radon in schools.
The research predicted radon levels could be above safe levels for children in Allentown and Bethlehem Area schools. The study suggests levels could be very high for schools in the Northampton Area, Northwestern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh school districts.
Officials in each of the five districts told lehighvalleylive. com in December they recently tested for radon or planned to test soon. They unanimously agreed radon is a concern that should be taken seriously.
Stein followed up with lehighvalleylive. com about the testing plan after the news organization contacted him about concerns raised by one of the Bethlehem district’ s families.
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