Test For Radon
To purchase a radon test kit, contact:
- Short-term kits (48 hours) cost $8.
- Long-term kits (90 days – 1 year) cost $20.
Available this spring from clerks in Campbellsport, Eden, Taycheedah, and Ripon (Short-term kit only):
The Campbellsport Village Clerk is at 177 E. Main Street.
In Eden, phone the Town Clerk at
(920) 539-0405 to arrange for a test kit.
Test kits are also available at the Taycheedah Town Hall, W4295 Kiekhaefer Parkway.
The City of Ripon has kits at 100 Jackson Street.
Download this printable flyer with coupon (English, PDF, 876 KB).
Descarga un folleto imprimible con cupon (Español, PDF, 1067 KB)
Instructions are included with the test kit. Place it in the lowest level of the house that you use. When the testing period is over, mail the kit to the lab, and the lab mails back your results in a few weeks. Contact Gloria Smedema at the Fond du Lac County Health Department (gloria.smedema@fdlco.wi.gov or 920/929-3085) if you have questions about your results.
If you are planning to buy or sell a house, it is highly recommended that you use a certified radon measurement professional.
With a result of 4 pC/L or higher, the EPA recommends mitigating your home using a certified radon mitigation contractor. This can be done after a home is built or during construction. People age 62 and older with very low incomes living outside the City of Fond du Lac may apply to receive a loan or grant from the USDA to finance a radon mitigation project in their home.
Every home should be tested for radon regardless of where it is located because each building is unique in the pressure it creates, pulling more or less radon out of the soil. Radon itself can be site specific since it comes from uranium decaying in the soils. You can see from this national map that certain geographic areas are more prone to high radon than others: http://www.epa.gov/radon/zonemap.html. As it says on this site though, high radon levels have been found in all zones.
Is radon testing location specific? By that I mean, do people in Phoenix need to test for radon more so than say, someone in Duluth?
-Roger Ecigs