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Here is some background information concerning Radon and why you need to be concerned

Radon
You can neither see, smell or taste radon. But its risk to you and your family is very real in your home. Radon is created through a natural process by which off gassing of deposits deep in the ground under your house rise up through cracks and fissures in the foundation of your home. Over time, breathing this gas has been documented to increase the incidence of lung cancer. Furthermore, if one smokes the increase in lung cancer rates are especially disturbing.

Why Test for Radon?
Radon typically migrates up from ground sources to the surface above and into your home through cracks and fissures in the foundation. Radon can enter the home through other routes such as well water or sump areas. Radon does not recognize the age of a home. Any home, whether old or new, basement or not, can be susceptible to radon. A thorough comprehensive test is the only way to know if you and your family are at risk from radon. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that a homeowner first conduct a short-term radon test. Short-term analysis can be a relative inexpensive, simple procedure that produces results quickly. The results will allow the homeowner or prospective buyer to make an informed decision about radon, its presence, and develop a cost effective method for reduction and mitigation that are based on sound scientific analysis and takes into consideration the potential risk to your family

Facts Concerning Radon
The radiation emitted by radon is the exact same radiation emitted by plutonium. A family whose home has radon levels of 4 pCi/l (pico curies per liter) is exposed to approximately 35 times as much radiation as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows if they were standing next to the fence of a radioactive waste site.

Radon induced lung cancer is estimated to cost the United States over 2 billion dollars per year in both direct and indirect health care costs based on National Cancer Institute statistics of 14,000 annual radon lung cancer deaths.

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