Winterizing home requires testing for indoor air quality including...[Read More]
Date Published: 11/21/2008
Cook County is offering radon detectors to homeowners for no charge....[Read More]
Date Published: 09/19/2008
David Garrett did not know what radon was until a friend at the health department suggested that he pick up a free radon testing kit. "I hung it up right away," the Springfield Twp. resident said, adding that he was shocked when he received the...[Read More]
Date Published: 09/27/2007
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. It occurs naturally from the breakdown of uranium inside the Earth and is pushed up into the air. While radon contamination...[Read More]
Date Published: 08/03/2007
January is National Radon Action Month, and the DuPage County Health Department is urging homeowners to be aware of the dangers of radon and have their homes tested for the presence of this odorless, tasteless and colorless gas. A radon test is...[Read More]
Date Published: 01/07/2020
The Will County Health Department is trying to raise community awareness of radon testing by providing free radon test kits to county homeowners. Radon testing has been available since the mid-1980s, but federal studies indicate more than 80 percent of...[Read More]
Date Published: 02/15/2007
Radon is an invisible threat lurking in thousands of Illinois homes. The CBS 2 Morning Insiders have dug into state records and have found that alarming radon levels showed up in 80,000 Illinois homes just since 2015. As CBS 2's Tim McNicholas pointed...[Read More]
Date Published: 01/28/2020
Kaelyn Wiltse, a sophomore at Plainfield High School, was awarded two monetary prizes for her efforts to help spread the word about the dangers of radon. Kaelyn created a video that was deemed best video in Illinois by a panel of judges and her video...[Read More]
Date Published: 12/03/2019
To mitigate high radon levels, a fan can be installed as long as all joints are tight enough so that no radon will leak through them and into the living quarters when the fan pressurizes the pipe....[Read More]
Date Published: 04/14/2008
There is a push in Springfield to protect residents against radon, a naturally occurring gas that is impossible to detect without a test. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer. As CBS 2 Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reports, the Illinois...[Read More]
Date Published: 05/11/2007
Don Neag, radon inspector with Chicago Radon Testing, will cover what is radon and how can pre-sale testing for radon save buyers...[Read More]
Date Published: 02/18/2020
Radon gas found in one-in-five homes in county Do you have radon gas in your home? If you don't know, you might want to find out, says Leroy Halberg, director of Cook County Environmental Health. Radon is a dangerous but naturally occurring...[Read More]
Date Published: 03/23/2006
Opening your windows is actually one of the best things you can do to both control the indoor air quality of your home and to stay comfortable without relying on your heating or cooling...[Read More]
Date Published: 09/19/2008