North Dakota health officials have been using the month of January to help spread the word about testing homes for radon gas.
Radon is a cancer-causing naturally occurring radioactive gas that you can’t see or smell but it can be harmful at high concentrations. It’s estimated that 63% of North Dakota homes have elevated levels above the EPA’s action level.
North Dakota Radon Program Coordinator Justin Otto says the state has a limited number of free test kits to give away – or you can buy them at the retail level…
Radon-related illness claims more than 21,000 lives in the United States annually.
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