January 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

January is National Radon Month, and the West Virginia Department of Health is supplying residents with free radon test kits to ensure their homes or apartments are safe.  Radon is naturally released from rocks, soil and water and can get trapped inside homes and buildings.  Since residents are unable to see or smell the gas, the only way to know if someone’s living space has high levels of radon is to test it, according to Indoor Radon Specialist, Leslie Smith…

“If you find that you have elevated levels we recommend that you take steps to lower your exposure.  Put in a radon Mitigation System to help reduce those indoor radon levels.  It you have a Radon Mitigation System already and it’s been more than two years since you last tested, test again to make sure that Mitigation System is working properly.”