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Kenosha County Wisconsin - Kenosha County Public Health providing $5 radon test kits with a nonperishable food donation 04 January 2024 ( news )
Kenosha County , state Wisconsin ( By Press Release office)
Jan 04,2024
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Kenosha County Public Health is offering $5 radon test kits throughout January — Radon Action Month — to anyone who donates a nonperishable food item .
There is a limit of one kit per person . All donations will go to local food pantries .
Radon is an odorless , radioactive gas that is the nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer , accounting for roughly 20 , 000 deaths each year , said Mark Melotik , Environmental Manager with Kenosha County Public Health .
“The only way to know you have it in your home is to test , and our Radon Action Month promotion offers the opportunity to do that while also helping people in need in the community , ” Melotik said .
Testing is offered locally through the Kenosha/Walworth Radon Information Center , funded through a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services . Beginning in February , the cost for a test kit will be $15 .
The kit includes a small vile that must be left open to the air in the lowest livable level of a home — usually the basement — for 48 to 96 hours . The vile is then capped and mailed to Accustar Labs , which generally provides the results within three days via mail , email or telephone . Shipping and analysis of the kit is also free .
Those whose homes test at an elevated level of radon are urged to contact Kenosha County Public Health for more information about mitigation options .
The January test kit offer is redeemable Monday - Friday from 8 a . m . to 4:30 p . m . at the Kenosha County Public Health Clinic in the Job Center , 8600 Sheridan Road , Kenosha , Entrance D , or from 7 a . m . to 3:30 p . m . at the Department of Public Works in the Kenosha County Center at highways 45 and 50 in Bristol .
More information about the Radon Information Center is available online at
http://www . kenoshacounty . org/338/Radon
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