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according to a study by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Areas colored in yellow, light orange, orange and red on the map are estimated to have radon levels high enough that ...
A map showing radon levels in different Michigan counties. The red areas, including Washtenaw County, have the highest potential for unsafe levels. (Washtenaw County Public Health) ANN ARBOR ...
The average radon level in Michigan is almost twice the national ... in the state were all found in Marquette County. Below is a map of that data. The darker the color, the higher the radon ...
According to a new paper in the journal PNAS, over 83 million people across the U.S. live in residences with radon levels over 148 Becquerels per cubic meter (Bq/m 3). The researchers' map reveals ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2025 as Radon Action Month. Officials want residents to learn more about the environmental hazard and have their homes tested. Radon comes ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2023 as Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she encourages all Michigan residents to test their homes every two years. An estimated one in every four ...
Radon is found in all 50 states and all 83 counties of Michigan. It gets into tidy new mansions as well as ramshackle old homes. It’s found in traditional basements but also in “lower level ...
State officials say radon is radioactive and results from the decay of naturally occurring radium and uranium in the earth. It’s constantly detected in Michigan. Radon seeps from the ground into ...
Up to a quarter of all Americans live in areas where radon levels are above the "action level" set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to a new paper in the ...