Activity HE Book. Don t Sleep Another Night Check Your House... NOW!

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1 RADO N RADON Activity HE-089 Book Don t Sleep Another Night Check Your House... NOW!

2 Tracking the Trail of Radon Radon Radium Uranium What is radon? Radon is a radioactive gas that comes from uranium in rock, soil, and water. Alabama Cooperative Extension System

3 Gas Cracks Gas Soil Gas Rocks Sometimes radon gas enters a house from cracks in the foundation and openings around pipes. Radon Activity Book

4 You cannot see, smell, or taste radon, but it can be bad for your lungs. Radon gas can cause lung cancer. It is even more dangerous for those who smoke. Don t Smoke Breathing in radon decay products Windpipe Alpha particle Lung Lung Radiation damage to DNA in lung tissue 4 Alabama Cooperative Extension System

5 SUMTER CHOCTAW WASHINGTON LAMAR PICKENS LAUDERDALE COLBERT FRANKLIN MARION GREENE FAYETTE TUSCALOOSA HALE MARENGO CLARKE LAWRENCE WINSTON WALKER WILCOX MONROE PERRY ESCAMBIA LIMESTONE BIBB DALLAS JEFFERSON CONECUH MORGAN CULLMAN MADISON SHELBY CHILTON BLOUNT AUTAUGA LOWNDES BUTLER MARSHALL ST. CLAIR COVINGTON COOSA JACKSON ETOWAH TALLADEGA ELMORE MONTGOMERY CRENSHAW COFFEE GENEVA DEKALB CALHOUN CHEROKEE TALLAPOOSA PIKE CLAY CLEBURNE MACON BULLOCK DALE RANDOLPH CHAMBERS LEE BARBOUR ALAbama radon zones The greatest chance for high levels of radon in Alabama are in the Zone counties. RUSSELL HENRY HOUSTON MOBILE BALDWIN Directions: Color Zone counties red Color Zone counties yellow Color Zone counties green Zone greatest chance for high radon levels Zone moderate chance for high radon levels Zone lowest chance for high radon levels Radon Activity Book 5

6 You can test your home for radon with a radon test kit. If your house has a high radon level, it can be fixed. Attic Fan Pipe Radon test kit Discharges radon gas out of your home TEST Crawl space Radon gases A mitigation system is a pipe that goes under the house and up through the roof like a chimney. The radon gas goes up the pipe and to the air outside. This can help remove radon gas from your home. 6 Alabama Cooperative Extension System

7 Radon WHTABCGDREFDEWQXRVX AIGHTEECGMLOPOUIRES WTRUOLHGBMVCOIEUAISP WEOIOPYUIOPBEDDCDIXM ASDFGHJKLZXBJHESIDFG MOAPEDVBMITIGATIONIEB SPOIUYOREDRFTGELAADOZ YHUJIKINLPAEEICSCDCFV TESTMKLATNEVILTITOONMI RMENWBQUASSDFEIIIIREOP IRETTOPYNVMTRDOXVEWMZEI ALAIAEAYIGEOWRNTEHFUDFE RSREACXVNBCHKUOMOAPIHRY TGABVHGYTRVAGETEZHJNUITO OFDRDSOIEYTHNNCMEMGASION WIOGSMIUMBVCDCLOIEYREAIO YWNHAFDESKCOREEDIOPUXLKUQ KFEAFVWINEUIESERTQAZNOBJH UOMOEPPELQUEALSOILTWJIMYBA DMLSTEPHIAESTDRQZXCDREASRA EEITYADKLBMALABAMANDIGLUNS Word SearcH Find and circle the hidden words in the Radon Word Search below. Find these radon words: RADON MITIGATION LUNG CANCER VENT DETECTION HOUSE TEST GAS SAFETY DON T SMOKE URANIUM RADIOACTIVE ROCKS ALABAMA SOIL Radon Activity Book 7

8 Radon Test ORDER FORM Only $5.00 (plus $.50 shipping & handling) This special radon test kit is provided by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Department of Public Health, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The test kit includes analysis, postage-paid mailer, and laboratory test report. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE ( ) Alabama Radon Hotline (800) Offer valid for Alabama residents only. Mail this coupon with check, money order, or credit card information to: AccuStar P.O. Box 58 Medway, MA Number of kits x $6.50 = Total Credit Card information: Visa Mastercard Expiration date information: / Name on card Authorized signature Kit not intended for commercial use or resale CODE 94B Laura Booth, Extension Associate, Environmental Programs, Auburn University Special thanks to those who helped with the technical review of these materials, especially Susan H. Roberts, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and James L. McNees, Alabama Department of Public Health. Appreciation is expressed to the artist, Bruce Dupree, Extension Communications Specialist, Auburn University Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer. 5M, Reprinted August 0, HE by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved. HE-089