Radiation and Health Newsletter – Keep Schools Safe 2022
Radon Awareness Week 2022
Day 4: Keep Schools Safe
See EPA’s resources for schools to learn how to keep buildings safe.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends testing all schools for radon. EPA’s Managing Radon in Schools provides a strategic framework as part of its Indoor Air Quality initiatives. EPA estimates that more than 70,000 schoolrooms in use today have high short-term radon levels.
What you can do:
If schools in your community have not been tested, you may want to discuss radon with your school officials. Testing is the only way to know if a building has high radon levels. Many schools have successfully applied radon mitigation strategies.
What teachers can do:
Kids often bring home what they learn at school and can be great messengers of public health information. Teachers can include radon education and activities in their curriculum with resources provided by EPA, such as RadTown Classroom Materials: Radon | US EPA.
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