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Radon poses serious health risk

Salida resident Dick Michaud discovered the dangers of radon in homes the most tragic of ways. His good friend - an otherwise healthy, non-smoking, running enthusiast from Colorado Springs - died of lung cancer in 1988. The cause of his cancer was...[Read More]

Date Published: 01/08/2007


Radon testing in the works

The Chaffee County Department of Health & Environment has been successful in attaining a 2020 Radon Reduction Grant to assist Chaffee County communities. Issued by the Colorado Radon Program, under the Colorado Hazardous Materials & Waste Management...[Read More]

Date Published: 01/11/2020


County asks for more radon tests to be returned

More information to produce an accurate measure of radon levels in local homes is needed. Chaffee County Environmental Health Manager Wano Urbonas distributed more than 230 radon testing kits since January as part of a $6,000 Environmental Protection...[Read More]

Date Published: 04/16/2007