Short-term kitKidde
442020 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 3 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in San Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico
EPA has no radon zone on file for San Germán Municipio, and the only way to know your home's level is to test it.
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
Read a result for San Germán Municipio
Starts at EPA's action level
EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.
EPA’s reading of 4.0 pCi/L
At or above 4 pCi/L
- Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
- 2 to 4consider a fix
- 4 and aboveEPA says fix it
This result is at or above 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends fixing a home when the radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher.
The data
San Germán Municipio, At a glance
San Germán Municipio at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
No EPA zone on file
Radon411 has no EPA radon zone on file for San Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico, and it does not guess one.
A prediction for the whole county, not a measurement of any address: elevated homes occur in all three zones.
Predicted: no EPA zone on file yet
Measured: tests reported to CDC
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for San Germán Municipio. Only a test tells you the level in a home.
San Germán Municipio, Compared
San Germán Municipio radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411San Germán Municipio is in a state CDC's county radon counts do not reach: no Puerto Rico county has a figure, while 2,669 counties elsewhere do over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Puerto Rico county contributes to that pool.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Local help
San Germán Municipio, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in San Germán Municipio
- Puerto Rico's radon programRadon411 has no radon program on file for Puerto Rico. The state radon programs list covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Puerto Rico directoryNo professionals are listed in Puerto Rico yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
San Germán Municipio, Questions
Questions about radon in San Germán Municipio
Are radon levels high in San Germán Municipio?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for San Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico yet. No county within 250 miles of San Germán Municipio has a CDC figure, so the only comparison is the national pool: 36.3% of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border San Germán Municipio?
San Germán Municipio borders 6 municipios: Hormigueros Municipio, Sabana Grande Municipio, Maricao Municipio, Lajas Municipio, Mayagüez Municipio and Cabo Rojo Municipio.
Products
San Germán Municipio, Products
Testing a home in San Germán Municipio
No CDC figure names San Germán Municipio, and none within 250 miles of it: a test of this home is the only reading it will get. A short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check for a home in San Germán Municipio; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1085 palm-sized rechargeable radon detector
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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San Germán Municipio, Bordering municipios
Municipios bordering San Germán Municipio
Calculated by Radon411municipios bordering San Germán Municipio: 1 of 6
San Germán Municipio, Homes
Homes in San Germán Municipio
Of San Germán Municipio's 15,808 homes, 73% are detached houses, against 68% across Puerto Rico; 8% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1977, close to Puerto Rico's 1979: 15% date from before 1960 and 11% from 2000 or later. 66% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Puerto Rico: 68%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | San Germán Municipio | Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 15,808 | 1,575,105 |
| Detached houses | 73% | 68% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 8% | 14% |
| Mobile homes | under 1% | under 1% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 11% | 15% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1979 |
| Owner-occupied | 66% | 68% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.