Date Published: 11/12/2020 [Source]
The Kenosha County Division of Health is offering free radon test kits throughout November and December to anyone who donates a nonperishable food item.
There is a limit of two kits per person. All food donations will go to local food pantries.
"This is a great opportunity to ensure your home is safe from radon and to help feed the community at the same time!" said Brad Wozniak, environmental sanitarian supervisor with the Division of Health. "It's also a good time to think about lower-level home offices and work-from-home situations. The only way to know if you have a radon issue is to test."
Radon is an odorless, radioactive gas that is the nation's second leading cause of lung cancer, accounting for roughly 20,000 deaths each year.
Testing is offered locally through the Kenosha/Walworth Radon Information Center, funded through a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The November and December free test kit offer is redeemable Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kenosha County Division of Health in the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road, Kenosha, Entrance D, or from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Department of Public Works, in the County Center at highways 45 and 50 in Bristol.