National Radon Action Month—January 2013
January is National Radon Action Month. Please click on links below to find out how you can protect your family from the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Free short-term testing kits are available through February 2013 from your Cooperative Extension Office.
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Nevada Radon Education Program:http://www.unce.unr.edu/radon/ For Kids – Radon Activity Book:
http://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/sites/radon/files/pdf/NVRadonActivityBook.pdf
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Radon in Nevada (B108):
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b108.pdf
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=B108 Radon in Nevada – A natural hazard (E18):
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/e18.pdf Reducing radon in Nevada homes (E21):
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/e21.pdf Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis of radon data (SP17):
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=SP17
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/radon/ A Citizen’s Guide to Radon:
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pdfs/citizensguide.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html
American Lung Association Radon Fact Sheet:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35420
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35395
U.S. Geological Survey The Geology of Radon:
http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/radon/georadon.html