Great news! CARST and the Lung Association have just released a public safety announcement in collaboration with Mike Holmes, Canada’s most trusted contractor.
You can see Bob Wood, our founder, from behind at 0:20.
The first Radon Measurement Course with full Canadian content and offered online by Mr Radon has received accreditation from the Canadian National Radon Protection Program (C-NRPP) as 16 hours of Continuing Education Credits.
Participants can train conveniently and economically – with self-paced, online learning supported by comprehensive online video lessons, full documentation and interactive quizzes. A first… For Canadians By Canadians!
For full course content and to register and start training today, click here.
Presented by Canadian Radon specialist Bob Wood, this course prepares participants to become a Certified Canadian Radon Measurement Technician. Essential Training For:
• Home Inspectors
• Environmental Company Employees
• Home Builders
• Health Care Providers
And those seeking a career or new business opportunities in radon testing and mitigation.
by: Bob Wood, Mr Radon
Radon gas is a radioactive carcinogen which causes lung cancer. That’s what all the fuss is about.
Radon causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. and 3,200 lung cancer deaths every year in Canada. If I were to tell you that scientists in Canada and the U.S. have developed inexpensive methods to test for radon, that building scientists have developed methods to fix a building with elevated levels and that the fix for a building would take most trained professional’s under a day to complete…. wouldn’t that be wonderful news! This is in fact the case. I would think that this would be front page news in every newspaper. We could save thousands of lives every year just by encouraging you and your neighbours to having a simple radon test done and if that test showed elevated levels…get it fixed.
Dr Roberta Bondar, a physicist and Canada’s first female astronaut was interviewed recently on Global News Halifax about the dangers of radon.
In their video interview posted to globalnews.ca, Dr Bondar explains the importance of testing for radon in homes across North America.
Browse our website to find more information about radon, radon testing services and radon mitigation in Ontario.
Health Canada also publishes Radon FAQs.
A new study has been published showing that about 3,200 Canadians a year likely die because of exposure to radon, produced naturally when uranium in the soil degrades. Efforts to reduce radon levels need to be stepped up, the study’s authors urge in a paper appearing in the journal Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
Few Canadians have tested their homes for the carcinogen and fewer still have taken the relatively inexpensive steps to radon-proof their homes. These were the conclusions of the recently completed The Radon Challenge study, undertaken by the HPC, a not-for-profit committed to improving housing and housing-related services across Canada.
Click here to watch the top videos in each category. Over 90 one minute videos were submitted, with the best in each category being awarded a cash prize.
This new survey of 20,000 homes in Canada shows 8.2% of Ontario homes have unacceptably high levels of radon and need to be mitigated. Click Here for a copy of the report ( .pdf)
By evaluating the geology in an area, scientists can evaluate the radon potential of the rocks and soils at housing sites or other areas of interest. The factors listed below can increase the probability that an area will have above-average levels of radon. Read more →
