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Arapahoe County ramps up radon outreach with free test kits and billboard campaign
Summary
Environmental health staff urged residents to test for radon during National Radon Action Month, saying about half of Colorado homes have elevated levels and announcing several hundred free test kits, targeted outreach to in‑home childcare providers, a metro billboard campaign, and low‑income mitigation assistance.
Arapahoe County Public Health used its study session to press home a simple, science‑based message: test your home for radon.
Dylan Garrison, an environmental health manager, briefed the board on National Radon Action Month outreach and local data. "Radon is odorless, it's invisible ... it can eventually lead to lung cancer," Garrison said, noting the EPA action level of 4 picocuries per liter as the threshold for concern.
Garrison told the board that statewide and in Arapahoe…
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