{"id":17289,"date":"2023-01-13T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=17289"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T18:31:25","slug":"resources-you-can-use-radon-action-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/01\/13\/resources-you-can-use-radon-action-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources You Can Use: Radon Action Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17290 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/what-is-radon-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic from the EPA with cartoon houses and the words &quot;What is radon? Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas. You can't see radon, And you can't smell it or tast it. But it may be a problem in you home. Test your home for radon today.&quot; With the website www.epa.gov\/radon at the bottom.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/what-is-radon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/what-is-radon-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/what-is-radon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/what-is-radon.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>January is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/national-radon-action-month-information\">National Radon Action Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As we got to know <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2022\/12\/18\/member-spotlight-nancy-holmquist\/\">Nancy Holmquist from Cary (ME) Medical Center<\/a> during Focused Outreach last year, we learned more about projects and programs Cary has implemented around radon education and mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>But what is radon? What are radon\u2019s health effects? And what are the prevention and mitigation options?<\/p>\n<h3>What is radon?<\/h3>\n<p>Radon is an odorless, colorless inert gas that naturally occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere. Outdoors, it rapidly disperses, but inside homes, schools and workplaces radon can become trapped after entering through holes and cracks in the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radiation\/what-radon-gas-it-dangerous\">What is radon gas? Is it dangerous?<\/a> From the EPA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/epa-map-radon-zones-and-supplemental-information#datainfo\">Data and Information about Regional Radon Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niehs.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/agents\/radon\/index.cfm\">Your Environment. Your Health: Radon from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences<\/a> (NIEHS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How does radon affect health?<\/h3>\n<p>Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/radon.html\">Radon Health Topics Page<\/a> from MedlinePlus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nceh\/features\/protect-home-radon\/index.html\">Radon and Your Health<\/a> from the CDC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/about-cancer\/causes-prevention\/risk\/substances\/radon\/radon-fact-sheet\">Radon and Cancer<\/a> from the National Cancer Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What can you do?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/national-radon-action-plan-strategy-saving-lives\">The National Radon Action Plan-A Strategy for Saving Lives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/radon-resources-home-buyers-and-sellers\">Radon Resources for Home Buyers and Sellers<\/a> from the EPA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/radon\/find-radon-test-kit-or-measurement-and-mitigation-professional\">Find a Radon Test Kit and Mitigation Professional<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Informaci\u00f3n acerca del rad\u00f3n en espa\u00f1ol<\/h3>\n<p>Enero es el Mes Nacional de Acci\u00f3n contra el Rad\u00f3n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/spanish\/radon.html\">Temas de salud: Rad\u00f3n<\/a>-MedlinePlus en espa\u00f1ol<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/espanol.epa.gov\/cai\/publicaciones-sobre-calidad-del-aire-interior#tab-5\">Publicaciones sobre calidad del aire interior<\/a>-EPA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/espanol.epa.gov\/cai\/quien-puede-hacer-la-prueba-para-detectar-el-radon-en-su-hogar-y-solucionar-el-problema-del\">\u00bfQui\u00e9n puede hacer la prueba para detectar el rad\u00f3n en su hogar y solucionar el problema del mismo?<\/a>-EPA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is National Radon Action Month. As we got to know Nancy Holmquist from Cary (ME) Medical Center during Focused Outreach last year, we learned more about projects and programs Cary has implemented around radon education and mitigation. But what is radon? What are radon\u2019s health effects? And what are the prevention and mitigation options?&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/01\/13\/resources-you-can-use-radon-action-month\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[86,394],"class_list":["post-17289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-environmental-health","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17291,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289\/revisions\/17291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}