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EPA Awards $175K to Kansas State University to Support National Radon Hotline
and Website
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 18, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) announced a total of $1 million in awards to six recipients to address
asthma, radon, and other indoor air health risks, including $175,000 to Kansas
State University.
These cooperative agreements will advance national policy and systems-level
change to reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environmental and
public health benefits.
“With this funding, Kansas State University will continue their important
work operating a national radon hotline and a website where affordable radon
test kits can be purchased,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg
McCollister. “Radon can’t be seen or smelled. It is essential that we test
our homes for this leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, especially
considering that many homes in our region have a high potential for elevated
radon levels.”
Kansas State University will work to reduce lung cancer deaths by supporting
radon testing and mitigation. This includes operating the national hotline and
website; conducting performance assessments of common consumer-grade digital
radon monitors; selling radon test kits; and working to increase the number of
credentialed radon professionals.
Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors, making indoor air quality a
critical public health issue. For example, radon is the second leading cause
of lung cancer in the United States and asthma affects 25 million Americans,
including nearly 5 million children, with poor and minority children suffering
a greater burden of the disease.
These new awards will help efforts to:
Prevent lung cancer by promoting testing and fixing homes, schools, and other
buildings with elevated radon levels.
Prevent asthma attacks, emergency room visits, and other poor asthma health
outcomes by supporting delivery, infrastructure, and sustainability of
environmental asthma interventions at home and school, with a focus on
disproportionately impacted populations.
Prevent other indoor air problems and associated poor health outcomes through
expanded support of state and local efforts to improve indoor air quality by
promoting best practices and policies.
Other organizations that were awarded $175,000 each for the first year of the
three-year cooperative agreements include:
American Lung Association
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Public Health Institute
National Center for Healthy Housing
Environmental Law Institute
Learn more about radon, asthma, and indoor air quality.
Background
Most homes throughout EPA Region 7 are located in areas designated as EPA
Radon Zone One or Two, indicating high or moderate potential for elevated
radon levels. EPA Region 7 encompasses Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and
nine tribal nations.
A map of EPA Radon Zones was developed in 1993 to identify areas of the U.S.
with the greatest potential for elevated indoor radon levels, based on indoor
radon measurement data, geology, aerial radioactivity, soil parameters, and
foundation types. To view EPA maps of Radon Zones in your state,
visit EPA’s website.
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