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EPA/NJ licensed RADON testing:

Pre-purchase testing (optional with Home Inspection)

Post abatement testing- making sure levels are low

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RADON--- Radon is the only element in the radioactive deterioration of Uranium to Lead that is a gas and floats around in the air. All the other elements and isotopes in the chain are minerals which do not waft out of the ground. They stay put.

Even before man was on earth, radon flowed out of the ground. As it came out, it mixed with the open air and was diluted. Causing no harm.

Then came man. He started building enclosed shelters, but eventually turned them into "energy efficient homes". These tight houses act like sealed thermos bottles. Whatever goes in, stays in.

Radon, being the sluggish, million year old element that it is, did not keep up with the times and got itself trapped inside the "thermos bottles". Little by little it built up its concentrations until it posed a serious health risk to the occupants. Lung Cancer... big time.

Testing... There are many ways to measure the radon content in the air of a house. We use calibrated activated charcoal canisters because they are cheap, very accurate, and the test only has to run for 2 days.

When completed, the canisters are sent to a lab for analysis. They are excellent for short term testing such as pre-purchase screening.

Abatement... if the test results come in over the limit of 4pc/L, there are specially trained contractors that can professionally correct it. They solve it by either sealing radon out of the house or by installing a pipe under the floor and pulling all soil gases into the pipe and out of the house using a fan. Just about any house can be abated.

Where is radon?... Parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York are loaded with radon, other areas are clean. We have never tested in Brooklyn or Queens (no requests so far) but have found radon in some areas of Staten Island and in large sections of New Jersey. The interior radon level also depends on the construction of the house and the type of soil it is built on. You could accurately say that it runs on a house-by-house basis.

Look at a radon map and you will find that just about every State in the US has a radon problem. Some areas are very "hot" and others are "cool". Since parts of NY, Pa and NJ are very "hot", it pays to test.

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