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Radon !!!

“..between 15,400 and 21,800 lung cancer deaths in the United States can be attributed to breathing high indoor air radon.”

Use the Connecticut State Department of Health Radon Site or the EPA Citizen’s Guide to Radon site to answer these questions in your own words. The pictures are links.

1. What is radon and why worry about it ?

 

 

 

 

2. How does radon enter a home?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. How can I tell if a home has a radon problem?

 

 

 

 

 

4. Why is radon harmful? What are the health risks associated with it?

 

 

 

 

5. What is a completely safe level of indoor radon? Explain.

 

 

 

5.5 Look at the map below. What is the radon potential where you live?

 

 

6. How are radon risk levels that are on the state map calculated?

 

 

 

 

 

7. How can the level of radon in a home be reduced?

 

 

 

 

 

8. What will it cost to reduce the level of radon in a home?

 

 

 

 

9. Is radon removal a "do it yourself project"? Explain.

 

 

 

 

10. What is the government doing about radon?

 

 

 

 

11. Ask if your house has ever been tested for radon and what the results were:

 

 

 

 

A close-up of Region 10 adapted from the state radon potential map at http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2701&q=323456&depNav_GID=1641


Use the US Geological Survey article - "The Geology of Radon to answer the following questions.

1. Use the information in the article and what you have learned about the rocks of CT to predict what areas of CT will have a higher than average amount of uranium in the rocks. Explain your reasoning.

 

 

 

 

2. Describe the ground around your home in terms of how "airy" it is, and relate this to its effect on the ease of radon transmission

 

 

 

 

3. Think about your basement walls and floors for cracks, openings and leaks. Do you have a source of fresh air into you home to eliminate the pressure drop caused by your furnace, clothes dryer, exhaust fans etc.? Relate these to how much air may be drawn into your home from the soil.

 

 

 

 

4. Find out if your ground water is drawn from rock that may contain high uranium levels.

 

 

 

 

5. List 5 reasons why you are going to ask to have your house tested for radon.

 

 

 

 

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