News from Air Chek
Air Chek Joins AccuStar® Laboratories to Meet the Growing Demand for Devices Used to Test for Radon, a Known Cause of Lung Cancer
WARD HILL, MA, September 27, 2018 – Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc. has announced the recent acquisition of Air Chek, a respected radon test device manufacturer located in North Carolina. Shawn Price, Director of Laboratory Operations at Spruce, reports, “The acquisition of Air Chek expands and enhances the choices of test devices we can offer to our customers, and add to the number of devices we can produce to meet the growing needs of an increasingly aware marketplace. Air Chek, founded in 1985, has sold millions of their patented radon test kits around the world, serving homeowners and radon professionals with same-day analysis and online availability of test results from its state-of-the-art, NELAC-accredited laboratory facilities. As a member of the Spruce family, Air Chek will continue to operate from its current facility.” …Read More
Radon News from Around the Web
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- The Invisible Danger of Radon in Schools – News 13 Investigates
- WATCH: Radon on Dr. Oz Program – radonleaders.org
Radon: It could be lurking in your home or child’s school…
RICHMOND, VA (WRIC) — Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the Unites States. It’s caused most frequently by smoking, but radon exposure is believed to be the second leading cause. Radon may be lurking in your own home or your child’s school without you even knowing. …Read More
My view: Radon, the unrecognized killer…
DESERET, UT – We Utahans are fortunate to live in a state surrounded by natural splendor with peaks of granite, fertile flat lands and bountiful deserts, but within this natural beauty lurks a natural (but avoidable) killer, radon. …Read More
Radon: Unmasking the Invisible Killer
Radon gas is invisible and odorless. But it reveals itself in a deadly footprint it can leave behind — lung cancer. In fact, exposure to radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer, and one in 15 homes in America is at risk from elevated levels of radon. …Read More
4 Facts About Radon in Your Home
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Radon is an issue in Iowa. The state ranks among the highest in the nation for elevated radon levels. The trouble with correcting the problem is that it’s hard to detect.…Read More
