Virginia's Radon Expert Speaks Against Radon Induced Lung Cancer This Radon Awareness Month

Jan. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Appomattox, VA - Evergreen Basement Systems is a member of the National Radon Defense Network (NRD) of radon mitigation experts across the U.S., and as a network NRD dealers aspire to make National Radon Awareness Month 2011 the best one to date by increasing awareness and helping to prevent radon induced lung cancer.  

While there is profoundly enough bad news regarding radon, this January is a month of hope. Radon mitigation can prevent all the effects of radon exposure. In fact, NRD dealers are encouraging everyone to raise awareness about radon and help make radon induced lung cancer a thing of the past.

Right now lung cancer kills 21,000 people each year-- that's more people than breast, colon, and prostate cancer combined. Lung cancer receives the least amount of national funding. Radon is also the leading cause of lung cancer amongst nonsmokers. This invisible, tasteless, and odorless gas is impossible to detect with any human sense making radon testing and mitigation of the utmost importance.

It is a naturally occurring gas that forms as a byproduct of uranium decay. Uranium can be found in most soils around the world making radon's outdoor presence just about everywhere. Radon makes its way into homes through cracks and holes in a home's foundation, and without a proper mitigation system, the radon concentrations will rise and become quite hazardous to the inhabitants.

Many, if not all homeowners having suffered with or seen someone suffer with radon induced lung cancer reluctantly found out that their homes' radon levels were undoubtedly high. The EPA recommends any home with levels at or above 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) be immediately mitigated by an expert.

Contact Evergreen Basement Systems today to schedule a radon test, and to conduct radon mitigation in VA. As a radon mitigation expert in Virginia, Evergreen Basement Systems will answer any questions and provide the resources to prevent the harmful effects of radon induced lung cancer.
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