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Bill Passed for Radon Resistant New Home Construction

Submitted by Martin Smith on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 9:24am
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The Oregon House passed a bill Monday that requires all new buildings in the state be Radon resistant, Kristian Foden-Vencil of OPB News reported.

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Radon Myths

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:16am
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As many of you may know, I recently had My First Radon Test (For more on my first radon test click here). When I told my husband that I was going to have the house tested, the first thing he said was,

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My First Radon Test: Results Day

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:08pm
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My results are in! I had My First Radon Test placed on Friday last week, and my friend and U.S. Inspect colleague, Mike Conte, picked it up yesterday afternoon.

Radon levels in my home are 3.6 pCi/L. That is below the EPA action level of 4pCi/L. Great. But I'm not exactly jumping for joy. Why? Well, as you may have noticed, my result is not all that far below 4pCi/L, now is it? Hmmm...

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My First Radon Test: Day 6

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 11:51am
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Mike Conte is coming by to remove my radon monitor today! I am very close to finding out my results and will share them with everyone soon.

But first, I got some really good questions on my first blog post, and I wanted to quickly answer them--thanks Jim and Robyn!

First, Jim asked: "Is that an outside wall where Mike placed your radon monitor? Cause I'm pretty sure that's not right."

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My First Radon Test: Day 1

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 8:36am
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Here she is. My radon monitor:

Radon Monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My First Radon Test

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 7:44am
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Gee, well this is embarassing. I don't really know how it happened. I was going to get it done, but it just never happened. The longer I waited, the less I thought about it and then it was 5 years later and...

I never got a my house tested for Radon.

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Radon - How Often Should You Test?

Submitted by Martin Smith on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 7:42am
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As part of our "coverage" of National Radon Action Month, I thought we could take a look at a question that seems to be getting some discussion lately—How often should you test your home? A colleague of mine shared an interesting analogy with me that helps put frequent testing into proper perspective. She compared radon testing to medical checkups. You get your teeth checked twice a year. Women and men get their respective cancer screenings, usually annually. We don’t just do these one time and then say cool, I’m in the clear.

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January is National Radon Action Month

Submitted by Phil Halpin on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 4:33pm
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Happy New Year, everyone. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month, and we at U.S. Inspect are just thrilled. As many of you know, we got our start in 1986 as a Radon testing device engineering firm. We were called Radonics in those early years, and were the inventors of some very high end tamper-resistant Radon testing machines. 

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Radon (Little Known) Facts

Submitted by Bill Zoller on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 4:36pm
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How many of you have actually read the Citizen's Guide to Radon published by the EPA?  See if you can recall these facts:

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What's wrong with this picture: Radon Vent

Submitted by Martin Smith on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 3:24pm
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Radon System Vent

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