Does Your Home Contain Radioactive Gas?
Over 40 percent of Illinois homes contain dangerous levels of radon gas. For less than $10, you can find out if your's is one of them.
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Does Your Home Contain Radioactive Gas?
Over 40 percent of Illinois homes contain dangerous levels of radon gas. For less than $10, you can find out if your's is one of them.
How much would you pay to protect your family? Radon gas is a silent, odorless threat to over 40 percent of Illinois homeowners, according to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The EPA reports this naturally-occuring radioactive gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Luckily, the state is offering an inexpensive solution for residents to test their homes and protect their families. For less than $10, radon test kits are now available to Illinoisians via this website. Cook County also offers radon test kits for $7. Residents can obtain one by mailing a $7 check or money order to: Cook County Dept. of Environmental Control 69 West Washington Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602. Inexpensive radon test kits are also…
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Parenting Parley
Why They Don't Even Know Bike Helmets are an Option
Exploring the reasons I don't insist my kids wear bicycle helmets.
I took our brand new preschool graduate to the pediatrician for his five-year check up last week, and the doctor said that the main concern at his age is safety. He questioned the child: Doctor: What do we do when we first get in the car? Child: We buckle up! Doctor: Good, that’s correct. Now, what do we do if a stranger asks us to help him find his lost puppy? Child: We go tell an adult! Doctor: Well done! That’s exactly what we do. Now, what do we put on before we get on our bike? Dead silence. The child was stunned. He stared curiously at the doctor, his brows furrowed and then looked pleadingly to mom for the correct answer. And I was embarrassed. He doesn’t even have a bike helmet for me to insist he wear. I am not a bike-helmet mom, …
Caroline Hoag
6:35 pm on Sunday, June 5, 2011
Ironically, I also have a degree in anthropology, and I fight a perpetual urge to Darwinize almost everything. No joke. more ›
Amazed
7:25 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
ok...so you have to "order" the tests...are you kidding me? Don't you think by making them available at a local store would possibly save more lives and/or bring some much needed attention to the seriousness of this problem??? I never even heard this before now..is it just me? more ›