Resources
Serving Lake, McHenry, northern Cook and northern Kane counties.
The links are provided to allow you to learn more about radon. We are always available to answer your questions, but we understand that you may wish to see additional websites and articles.
- The US EPA has an informative website on environmental issues.
To visit their website: https://www.epa.gov/radon - American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists:
Visit at: http://aarst-nrpp.com/wp/ - The State of Illinois, IEMA, Division of Nuclear Safety:
Visit at: https://www.illinois.gov/iema/NRS/Radon/Pages/default.aspx - Cancer Survivors Against Radon, CanSAR
Visit at: www.cansar.org - Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study, "Residential Radon Gas Exposure and Lung Cancer Epidemiology, June, 2000.
Download the PDF - The American Cancer Society website section regarding radon
www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/pollution/radon - "Update on Perspectives and Recommendations on Indoor Radon", Position Statement of the Health Physics Society, adopted, October 1990, revised, October 2009, Health Physics Society
www.hps.org - WHO (World Health Organization)
Vist the Radon Fact Sheet page at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs291/en/ - American Lung Association:
Read the article about Homes at Risk from Radon Gas at: http://www.lung.org/about-us/media/press-releases/1-in-15-homes-at-risk-from.html - Reducing the Risk from Radon: Information and Interventions. A Guide for Health Care Providers