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Advocates ask for $15M in HB 96 to test Ohio school buildings for radon
Ohio House Health Committee · March 5, 2025
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Summary
Radon professionals and a former legislator urged the committee to add a $15 million grant program to HB 96 to test Ohio—s roughly 3,700 school buildings, citing EPA zone maps that show the majority of counties at elevated risk and estimated testing costs of $4,000—6,000 per building.
Former state Representative Jon Cross and radon professionals urged lawmakers to fund a testing and mitigation grant program for Ohio—s public school buildings.
Cross told the committee that an EPA-based zone map shows all 88 counties have either Zone 1 or Zone 2 radon risk and…
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