This is the complete guide to taking action to lower the radon level in your home. It offers strategies for testing and discussions of what steps to take after you have tested, discussions of the risk of radon and radon myths. EPA Document Number 402-K-92-001, September 1992.  

This booklet is for people who have tested their home for radon and confirmed that they have elevated radon levels. EPA Document Number 402-K-92-003.

A Spanish version of this guide is in the planning!

Este panfleto, la versión en español de la popular "Guía de Radón para Ciudadanos," fué desarrollada por la Coalición Nacional de Organizaciones Hispanas de Servicios (COSSMHO) para la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para la Protecctión Ambiental.

Llame a su Contacto Estatal de Radón para obtener una copia de esta guía (Todas las Oficinas Estatalas de Radón están disponibles para contestar sus llamadas y preguntas en Inglés). Documento de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para la Protección Ambiental Número 402-K-93-005, septiembre del 1993.

This recently revised guide is intended for anyone who is buying or selling a home, real estate and relocation professionals, home inspectors and others. Go to this hyperlink Section 8.c.1. of the Guide for information on obtaining single or multiple copies of the Guide.  If you’re interested in printing the Guide, call (202) 564-9427 for more information about obtaining a free CD-Rom (Adobe PageMaker 6.5 for Windows version of the Guide).  An Adobe Acrobat pdf version of the Guide is also available here hmbuygud.pdf (1.789K file size). EPA Document Number 402-K-00-008, July 2000.  

This 81-page, fully illustrated guide contains all the info you need in one place to educate home builders about radon-resistant new construction (RRNC), including: Basic questions and detailed answers about radon and RRNC; Specific planning steps before installing a system; Detailed installation instructions with helpful illustrations; Tips and tricks when installing a system, Marketing know-how when dealing with homebuyers; and, Architectural drawings.  This document is available here as a 8.3 MB Adobe Acrobat PDF file (buildradonout.pdf) - EPA Document Number 402-K-01-002, April 2001.

This document is intended to serve as a model for use by the Model Code Organizations, States and other jurisdictions as they develop and adopt building codes, appendices to codes, or standards specifically applicable to their unique local or regional radon control requirements. EPA Document Number 402-R-94-009, March 1994.

This booklet on radon has been developed for physicians by the EPA in consultation with the American Medical Association (AMA). Its purpose is to enlist physicians in the national effort to inform the American public about the serious health risk posed by indoor radon gas. EPA Document Number 402-K-93-008, September 1993.

This guide, created by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) with EPA's review, is for people who rent their apartments or houses. The guide explains what radon is, and how to find out if there is a radon problem in your home. The guide also talks about what you can do if there are high radon levels in your home. EPA Document Number 402-K-98-004.  

It is important that students, teachers and parents be aware that a potential radon problem could exist in their school. EPA Document Number 402-F-94-009, October 1994.

This report has been prepared to provide school administrators and facilities managers with instructions on how to test for the presence of radon. The findings from EPA’s comprehensive studies of radon measurements in schools have been incorporated into these recommendations. This report supersedes Radon Measurements in Schools - An Interim Report (EPA 520/1-89-010).  EPA Document Number 402-R-92-014, July 1993.

The purpose of the Radon Mitigation Standards is to provide radon mitigation contractors with uniform standards that will ensure quality and effectiveness in the design, installation, and evaluation of radon mitigation systems in detached and attached residential buildings three stories or less in height. These standards are intended to serve as a model set of requirements that can be adopted or modified by state and local jurisdictions to fulfill objectives of their specific radon contractor certification or licensure programs. EPA Document Number 402-R-93-078, October 1993 (Revised April 1994)

It is typically easier and much less expensive to design and construct a new building with radon-resistant and/or easy-to-mitigate features, than to add these features after the building is completed and occupied. EPA Document Number 625-R-92-016, June 1994.

This introductory brochure provides basic information on radon-resistant construction in new homes and directs the reader to more detailed information. EPA Document Number 402-F-98-008, April 1998.

This brochure is designed for consumers who are purchasing newly constructed homes and are curious about radon-resistant features, builders who construct homes with radon-resistant features, and real estate professionals who are selling homes which have radon-resistant features. It can be used as a marketing tool for the home building industry. EPA Document Number 402F-98-001, September 1998.

This document will assist you in determining the best way to reduce elevated radon levels found in a school. It is designed to guide you through the process of confirming a radon problem, selecting the best mitigation strategy, and directing the efforts of a multidisciplinary team assembled to address elevated radon levels in a way that will contribute to the improvement of the overall indoor air quality of the school. EPA Document Number 402-R-94-008, April 1994.

EPA Document Number 520/1-89-027A, September 1992.

This document presents the wide range of technical analyses, radon risk communication research, legislative directives, and other information that the U.S. EPA used to shape the policies that are set forth in the 1992 "A Citizen's Guide to Radon." The document summarizes extensive technical analyses of the data that have been gathered over the past years. EPA Document Number 400-R-92-011, May 1992.

The objective of this document is to provide information, recommendations, and technological guidance for anyone providing measurement services using 15 radon and radon decay product measurement methods. These protocols provide method-specific technological guidance that can be used as the basis for standard operating procedures. EPA Document Number 402-R-92-004, July 1992.

This document presents the U.S. EPA's technical guidance for measuring radon concentrations in residences. It contains protocols for measuring radon for the purpose of deciding on the need for remedial action, as presented in the 1992 Citizen's Guide to Radon, and in the Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon. EPA Document Number 402-R-93-003, June 1993.

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