ABA COMMUNITY SUPPORT: UrgingFans to Order Test Kits for Radon, A Silent Killer

January is National Radon Action Month. Protect your Family. Test for Radon.

It’s time to take action, ABA Basketball Fans! Winter is the middle of basketball season,

and it’s also the best time to test your home, school or office for radon. Radon is a silent killer. It’s a naturally occurring invisible gas that seeps into buildings from underground. Radon accumulates unnoticed during the winter, when doors and windows are kept closed to keep the heat in, but this can trap the deadly gas in areas where we are spending more time, building up to dangerous levels for human health.

Radon gas exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, and the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. It causes approximately 20,000 deaths per year. The radioactive gas can attach to your lungs, or your child’s lungs, where it can begin the process of causing lung cancer. “However,” says Joe Newman, CEO of the ABA, “because we cannot see or smell radon, people overlook the possibility of a silent killer like radon in their homes.”

Radon gas disperses outdoors, but can accumulate to dangerous levels indoors. It poses a serious threat to our health, but there is a simple solution. Radon levels in any home, gym, school or office building can be mitigated and reduced.Testing for elevated levels of radon is simple and inexpensive.

Test kits can be purchased from home improvement stores, hardware stores or directly from radon testing companies for approximately $25. Test your home, school, gym or office for radon gas this winter, and you may help to save a life. It could even be your own.

For helpful information, call 1-800-SOS-RADON.

Urge your family, friends, and co-workers to purchase a radon test kit.

Please share this information with your community, your school, your local gym

and at your workplace.

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