{"id":2716,"date":"2020-12-09T19:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crpa-acrp-bulletin.ca\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2020-12-09T19:41:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:41:49","slug":"mois-de-la-sensibilisation-au-radon-sensibiliser-par-leducation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crpa-acrp-bulletin.ca\/fr\/2020\/12\/09\/mois-de-la-sensibilisation-au-radon-sensibiliser-par-leducation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mois de la sensibilisation au radon : sensibiliser par l\u2019\u00e9ducation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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November is Radon Action Month across Canada, and we need your help!<\/p>\n

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and is estimated to cause the deaths of over 3,000 Canadians each year. Yet many people have never even heard of radon. Of those who have heard of it, many have not yet taken the critical and straightforward step of testing their homes.<\/p>\n

Invisible, with no taste or smell, radon is a difficult poster child. The fact that radon is naturally occurring seems only to further dissuade some people from testing their homes, as does the lack of a widespread government-funded testing and mitigation program.<\/p>\n

Canadians are not alone in their reluctance to take action to address radon. A 2016 study<\/a> published by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland, in partnership with professor David Hervey of Trinity College Dublin, identified 11 distinct steps that must be taken prior to testing one\u2019s home for radon, and then another five steps necessary prior to mitigating the home for radon. Here are some of the steps identified:<\/p>\n