Radon Remediation in Your Community
Welcome to another post in our series on radon awareness and radon remediation as part of the EPA’s National Radon Action Month! If you haven’t already, please have a look at our other posts in this series: Radon Testing In Your Home, Radon Symptoms to Watch For, and our introductory National Radon Action Month post.
This post is here to help you to spread the word about the importance of radon testing and radon remediation in not only your household, but your community. The more people that are made aware of this important issue, the safer and healthier our home air and families can be.
Feel free to use this banner on your website or blog. (just right-click and select "save image as…") There are a variety to choose from on the Radon Action Month website as well if you scroll toward the bottom of that website.
The EPA Radon Action Month website gives you five great ideas to start with for raising radon awareness and safety in your community:
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Set a goal for your community
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Plan an event or activity in your community for radon awareness
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Promote it on the National Radon Action Month website
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Collaborate with your local radon partners and other resources
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Work with the media to spread the word
To get some of these tips in motion, the site has provided a great Event Planning Kit to help you on your way to planning a radon awareness and prevention event. That webpage also has numerous resources to help you along, like a radon fact sheet, tips for media outreach and web communication, and more. You can also download and customize Radon Action Month PSAs or have your activity featured on the National Radon Action Month website.
Upon seeing these great tips, we at HomeAire decided we’d try to come up with a few of our own:
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Pass out flyers or packets to students in schools to bring home to their families
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Hold an in-school assembly for children to educate them on the importance of helping their families test their home for radon.
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Talk to your local fire department or poison control center to see if they may be interested in starting an initiative in your area for radon education.
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Word of mouth! Tell your coworkers, friends, relatives, neighbors, everyone. If you live in an apartment building or condo, inquire with your leasing office about radon safety in your building.
Do you have any other ideas for how you could spread radon remediation awareness in your community? We hope this information has been helpful to you and we look forward to continuing to provide helpful ways to improve your home air.
