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Commissioners mark National Radon Action Month, encourage testing and mitigation
Summary
At the Jan. 28 meeting, Commissioner Jeff Baker highlighted National Radon Action Month, said radon is found in about half of Colorado homes and urged residents to test and seek mitigation assistance; Arapahoe County Public Health offers free test kits and a state program (LIRMA) may help low‑income homeowners.
Commissioner Jeff Baker used his commissioner comments at the Jan. 28 Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners meeting to call attention to National Radon Action Month and urge residents to test and mitigate homes with elevated radon.
Baker said radon is “naturally occurring in Colorado” and that about “one out of every two Colorado homes” have tested above the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L),…
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