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Offering Minnesota Residents Discounted Radon Test Kits
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Selecting the Right Test Kit
Short term test kits are the best option for your first radon test because they allow for a quick check to determine if radon levels in your home are elevated enough to go directly to mitigation. Short term testing length ranges from 3-7 days.
Long term test kits are the best option for assessing the actual risk from exposure to radon in your home. Long term testing is often done as a follow up to a short term test. Long term testing length ranges from 3 months to 1 year.
2013 Minnesota National Radon Action Month
Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed January "Radon Action Month" in Minnesota, urging residents to take simple and affordable steps to test their homes for harmful levels of radon gas.
In connection with Radon Action Month in the state and nation, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is engaged in a series of activities this month to promote awareness of radon as an important public health issue:
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More than 50 eye-catching backlit poster ads have been placed in the skyway systems of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Rochester.
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In partnership with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), MDH produced a short video featuring the story of a young woman who wishes to educate all Minnesotans about radon after the death of her mother due to lung cancer. This video in running on the DPS YouTube channel and and can also be found through the MDH website.
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MDH Facebook posts and Twitter feeds will feature radon safety and awareness messages during January.
MDH is also recognizing the Twin Cities chapter of Habitat for Humanity for their efforts to build homes that meet the MDH Gold Standard for radon resistant new construction, ensuring the lowest achievable levels of radon. In 2011, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity built 55 new homes to the Gold Standard with the assistance of 23,000 volunteers and numerous donors.