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Test Your Home for Radon -- It's Easy and Inexpensive

The U.S. Surgeon General and EPA recommend that all homes be tested.  Read about radon health risks.

Fix your home if you have a radon level of 4 pCi/L or more.
You can test your home yourself or hire a professional.

If you have further questions about Radon, please call your State Radon Contact (just click on your state) or the National Radon Information Line at:

1-800-SOS-RADON
[1 (800) 767-7236]

Get the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files linked on this page.  See EPA's PDF page to learn more.

If you are interested in finding a qualified radon service professional to test or mitigate your home, you wish to purchase a radon test kit, or have questions about a radon measurement device or radon mitigation system:

  1. Contact your State Radon Contact (this link will take you to our Where You Live pages, just click on your state to get contact information) to determine what are, or whether there are, requirements associated with providing radon measurement and or radon mitigations/reductions in your State.  Some States maintain lists of contractors available in their state or they have proficiency programs or requirements of their own.

    Where Can I Get a Radon Test Kit?

    • The National Safety Council offers short- and long-term radon test kits; download the coupon (PDF, 1 page, 26KB) , which include lab analysis and return postage.  Kits can also be ordered directly from NSC's Helpline at (800) 557-2366 (credit cards only).
       
    • Some state programs offer low-cost or free kits, contact your state radon contact for more information.
       
    • Some home improvement stores/centers sell radon test kits.  Follow the directions on the packaging for the proper placement of the device and where to send the device after the test to get your reading.
     
  2. Contact one or both of the two privately-run national radon programs (listed below alphabetically) who are offering proficiency listing/accreditation/certification in radon testing and mitigation.  (Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government.)
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) National Radon Proficiency Program
Toll Free: (800) 269-4174 or (828) 890-4117
Fax: (828) 890-4161
Website:    www.neha-nrpp.org/ exiting EPA
E-Mail Address:  angel@neha-nrpp.org

The National Radon Safety Board (NRSB)
Toll Free: (866) 329-3474
Fax:  (914) 345-1169
Website:  www.nrsb.org exiting EPA
E-mail Address: info@NRSB.org

About EPA's Former National Radon Proficiency Program

Please Note:  EPA-issued Radon Measurement (RMP) and Mitigation (RCP) photo-identification cards, ANY item with EPA's logo or name, listing letters and identification numbers have not been valid since EPA closed its proficiency program in October 1998.  Consequently, persons and companies should not represent themselves, their products or their services as "EPA Listed" or "EPA Approved" or "Meets EPA Requirements" or otherwise imply an EPA sanction.  Consumers are encouraged to contact their State radon office (see the state contact list at www.epa.gov/iaq/whereyoulive.html just click on your state) for additional information or if you have a complaint/question.

After the close of EPA's National Radon Proficiency Program (RPP) in 1998, there were requests that EPA offer some form of recognition of the two existing non-Federal radon proficiency programs.  EPA offered a one-time acknowledgment to both of the existing non-Federal national radon proficiency programs (The National Radon Safety Board (NRSB) and The National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA) National Radon Proficiency Program).  This official acknowledgement ran through March 30, 2001 to December 31, 2002.  EPA continues to encourage States, industry and consumers to work together to identify those elements that would improve non-Federal radon proficiency programs and go beyond EPA's former voluntary RPP.  These improved elements should then be adopted as standards of practice.

We continue to make available some of the background materials that were part of the EPA's former National Radon Proficiency Program (RPP), specifically:

  1. EPA's National Radon Proficiency Program (RPP) Handbook (July 1996) (PDF, 131 pp, 1.2MB)
  2. Quality Assurance Document (October 1997) (PDF, 124 pp, 398KB)
  3. Indoor Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurement Device Protocols (July 1992) (HTML version)
  4. Protocols for Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurements in Homes (May 1993) (PDF, 47 pp, 720KB)
  5. Descriptions of each of the 15 radon measurement methods (July 1996) (HTML version) that have been identified by the U.S. EPA and were used in EPA's former RPP.
  6. List of Radon measurement device manufacturers (as of April 1998) (HTML version)

    See also our other radon publications

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