The American Lung Association and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection are working together to provide radon test kits to Pennsylvania residents who have not yet tested their homes for this dangerous gas.

Available Radon Data by State and County

Radon gas enters homes from rock and soil under and around them.  Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer.  Testing is the only way to know how much radon is in the air of your home.  

"Radon is a gas produced by the radioactive decay of the element radium whose remote parent is either uranium or thorium. Radioactive decay is a natural, spontaneous process in which an atom of an unstable or radioactive isotope decays or breaks down to form another isotope by losing atomic particles (protons, neutrons, or electrons). When solid radium decays to form radon gas, it emits a bundle of  two protons and two neutrons, an alpha particle, with great velocity (kinetic energy).

Radon isotopes are also radioactive because they also decay, emitting another alpha particle and forming an unstable isotope of the element polonium, the first of four short-lived (radioactive) radon daughters, some of which emit yet more alpha radiation and some emitting beta and gamma radiation."  Radon - Get Informed ! 

You may use your free radon test kit as the first screening test in your home. Directions are included. Please allow two to four weeks for delivery.

Use your test kit in the lowest lived-in area of your home.  Follow the directions enclosed with the test kit.  Expose the test for the number of days specified, fill out the needed information, seal the test kit, and mail it immediately to the lab after the test is complete. (Postage is included.)  You will receive the results at no cost to you.

The number of test kits is limited. Order your kit today! One kit per family!  Tell your family and friends! 

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