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radon test exposes the problem and enables the homeowner to make an informed decision to do something about this cancer causing health risk,” says Scott Wiley, poison center manager. Radon is the cause of 20,000 deaths, only cigarettes kill more of the 140,000 who die of lung cancer each year.
Levels of radon vary considerably from one area to another. Between ajacent homes one house may register an excessive radon count while its neighbor scarcely any. Radiation is measured in units called picocuries. The EPA has established four picocuries per liter of air (4 pCi/I) as the maximum safe exposure level. In areas of Northern Virginia some homes tested at 100 pCi/I. Although air levels as high as 35,000 and 350,000 pCi/I have been recorded in Culpeper and Pittsylvania counties, respectively, Dr. Grant Goodell, Environmental Sciences professor at the University of Virginia, emphasizes that generally it is not the amount of radon eminating
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