print email comment close A Citizen's Guide to Radon: The Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family From Radon URL: http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html Description: Guidelines for home testing for radon, "a cancer-causing, radioactive gas ... [that] is estimated to cause many thousands of deaths each year." Learn how radon enters your home, how to test your home for radon, and how to lower the radon level of a house. Includes statistics on lung cancer risk due to radon exposure. Includes links to related publications. From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Extra Keywords radioactive decay uranium Library of Congress Subject Headings: Hazardous substances -- Safety measures Radon Radon mitigation LII Database Information: Record 12602 created by Jennifer English on 10/18/2004 Last modification on 10/19/2004 Published: 10/18/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12602