Suburban Water Testing Labs: Radon Testing

What is radon?
It is a naturally occurring colorless odorless radioactive gas that comes from the decay of uranium, and is found in homes all across America. You can find radon in both indoor air and drinking water.

What does radon do?
The US EPA estimates it claims more than two lives every hour.

Radon in Air
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers, and the second leading cause of lung cancer overall. Small children and their developing organs are especially at risk when exposed to Radon.

Radon in Water
The USEPA notes that long term exposure to radon in drinking water increases your risk of lung and stomach cancer.

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How much radon is safe?
Actually, none, however the USEPA has set a level of 4 pCi/L as the limit for Radon in Air. For radon in drinking water, the USEPA had a proposed level of 300 or 4000 pCi/L depending on your community. Their ideal proposal is zero.

Other Helpful Information:

US EPA --Visit the US Environmental Protection Agency's website for helpful information about:

Radon Action Month.
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pdfs/nram/nram_flyer.pdf
Basic Radon Facts
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pdfs/nram/basic_radon_facts_english.pdf
Health Risks
http://www.epa.gov/radon/healthrisks.html

American Cancer Society -- www.cancer.org
American Lung Association -- www.lungusa.org
National Cancer Institute -- www.nci.nih.gov

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