*RADON GAS IS A NATURALY OCCURING,COLORLESS , ODORLESS, TASTELESS, RADIOACTIVE, AND INVISIBLE GAS THAT DECAYS IN TO LARGE ALPHA PARTICLES AND THEN TO POLONIUM.
AN ALPHA PARTICLE IS ESSENTIALLY HELIUM WITH ITS ELECTRONS REMOVED.
RADON GAS IS PRODUCED FROM THE NATURAL BREAKDOWN OF URANIUM IN SOIL , ROCK AND WATER.
STACK EFFECT CAN DRAW RADON INTO THE HOME THROUGH CONCRETE, CRACKS AND HOLES IN THE FOUNDATION; WHEREVER MOISTURE CAN PASS THROUGH A MATERIAL INTO THE HOME IS A POSSIBLE ENTRY POINT FOR RADON GAS AS WELL.
ABOUT 38% OF HOMES IN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA WERE FOUND TO HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS OF RADON.
IF IT IS FOUND IN LEVELS ABOVE 4pCiL YOUR HOME, IT CAN BE EASILY FIXED (MITIGATED) TO REDUCE LEVELS TO A MORE ACCEPTABLE RANGE. THE COST IS NOT MUCH MORE THAN A TYPICAL HOME REPAIR.
PLEASE NOTE: A MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN CAN NOT INSTALL MITIGATION SYSTEMS, AND CONVERSELY A MITIGATION TECH CANNOT TEST INITIALLY IN YOUR HOME AND THEN INSTALL A SYSTEM.
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