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thayer · #11 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 11:55 AM

I'm just south of your guys but had this radon test result recently...

Radon Concentration: 0.8 pCi/l

junebug · #12 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by thayer

I'm just south of your guys but had this radon test result recently...

Radon Concentration: 0.8 pCi/l

I have to say, I don't know if that is good or bad. What level is considered acceptable?

thayer · #13 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by junebug

I have to say, I don't know if that is good or bad. What level is considered acceptable?

EPA says...

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Based on a national residential radon survey completed in 1991, the average indoor radon level is about 1.3 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) in the United States. The average outdoor level is about 0.4 pCi/L.

Scroll to bottom of this page to see associated health risks:
http://www.epa.gov/radon/healthrisks.html