Good Time to Test for Radon Gas

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Published on January 30 2018 5:22 pm
Last Updated on January 30 2018 5:22 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

While storm windows remain latched down and before screen doors are open for Spring, now is a good time to check your home for radon gas.

This odorless, tasteless and colorless gas is the second-leading cause of lung cancer and can become trapped in your home. To be assured you are not continually breathing this harmful gas, test for it.

The Effingham County Health Department offers a very simple easy-to-use test kit. The envelope test kit is opened and placed in the lowest living level of your home away from drafts and humidity. Leave the kit in place for three to seven days and then mail it off for testing in its own self-addressed, postage-paid envelope.

A kit may be purchased for $10 from the Health Department and that amount covers the cost of the kit and the analysis.

For more information on radon gas and to pick up a test kit, contact the Environmental Health Division at the Health Department at 901 West Virginia in Effingham, or phone 217-342-9237.