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"Most of Middle Tennessee and East Tennessee is underlain by a rock called Chattanooga Shale. This rock is radioactive. 50 percent on Tennesseans live in high risk areas. This means about 1/3 of homes tested will test high for radon. Davidson County/Nashville is a high risk area. Because radon is unpredictable, EPA recommends that everyone test their home for radon." -Amy Inabinet at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dear Potential Client, I am Inspector Dave's wife & assistant and I am the one who will more than likely answer the phone when you call to book your appointment with us. When Inspector Dave became a certified radon testing technician, to be honest with you, I had no idea what radon was much less what it meant to my life. In fact, when I had purchased my first home about 6 years ago, no one ever mentioned the word "radon" to me. Over the past year I have been working really hard to learn as much as I could about radon not only to educate myself, but to be able to properly educate you, the Buyer, and even Realtors as well. The most important aspect for me was to seek out information that I could relate to. I really wanted to find information that I could easily translate and that would make sense to my life. I have spoken with the US EPA and the local EPA and I have spoken with a gentleman who has been an enviornmental engineer in Middle TN for the past 24 years who is currently a radon mitigator. I have also read the radon information on most of the major cancer sites as well. While Inspector Dave's job is to educate you as much as he can about your home, I want to educate you as much as I can about radon. In fact I want to take it even a step futher... I want YOU to educate yourself about radon so that you can confidently make your own decision as to whether or not you want to test your current or potential home for elevated levels of radon. In summary, the decision to test for radon is a personal one. It is not something that I, Inspector Dave, or your Realtor can or should decide for you. Best, Sunny |
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| "Radon 101" The national average: one in 15 houses will test high for radon.(1) The local average: one in THREE houses will test high for radon in the Middle TN area.(2) Smokers: radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer.(1) Non-Smokers: radon is THE leading cause of lung cancer.(1) Radon is a radioactive gas released from the normal decay of uranium in rocks and soil. It does not matter if your home is old or new, on a slab, crawlspace or basement. It matters if your home sits above rock in the ground that is emitting radon gas. If the rock is emitting radon gas, then it can seep into your living space. Testing is the only way to know if your home has elevated radon levels.(1) The EPA recommends testing your home for elevated radon levels every 5 years, or earlier if you or your neighbors do anything to the ground that can disrupt the rock (ie. inground pool, construction, renovation). It does not really matter if your living space is not close to the ground. In fact, we heard recently that a 5th floor condo tested high for radon. Everyone was perplexed because it was not close to the assumed radon source (the ground). After further investivation they discovered that the radon was being emitted from the materials used in the home. In this case, the new countertops were emitting high levels of radon gas.(3) According to a local enviornmental engineer, parts of TN have almost mineable pockets of uranium in the ground. Click here to view the US EPA's map of radon concentration in TN Tennessee. (1)US EPA (2)Local EPA (3)ASHI Reporter [Learn More: Visit cancer.gov for Q&A on radon and cancer.] |
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