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Radon is a radioactive gas that is tasteless, odorless, and invisible. Over a prolonged period of exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in Non-Smokers.

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Radon comes from the breakdown of radium and uranium rock found in soil and gets into any building or structure. The amount in each structure varies from house to house. Those variances are influenced by outdoor conditions like weather and exchange of indoor to outdoor air.

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It is not completely avoidable since radon is in the air we breathe every day both inside and out.

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It finds a pathway into our homes through concrete because it is a porous material, voids or cracks in the foundation walls, water, vents.

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Radon is everywhere! Testing is the only way to know your home’s radon levels. There are no immediate symptoms that will alert you to the presence of radon. It typically takes years of exposure before any problems surface.

A Lot of times people will think that their home doesn't have radon because It has a walkout basement, it's on a crawlspace, or it's a new home.

Radon does not discriminate on one home versus another once it has found a way to enter. Radon does not know one environment or structure over another.

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Since there are NO SAFE levels of Radon You should consider Mitigation if levels are over EPA recommendations of 4.0 pCi/l.

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Once you have found a Well Qualified Professionally Certified Contractor in your area a unique sub-slab depressurization system can be designed for your home that would capture/contain the soil gas/Environment to evacuate the soil gases from that structure that would have certain codes that would need to be met.

There are simple, relatively inexpensive measures for radon reduction that you can take to fix a radon problem and even very high levels can be reduced to acceptable levels.