NEHA-NRPP certified #100555RT -A Healthy Home maintains NEHA certification for continuous monitor testing. Also, Bob Boyd is a Radon Speaker Bureau Member, and is available for radon presentations.
Insured - A Healthy Home carries general liability insurance for radon testing.
Fast response - 48 hour test, no waiting for lab results. Results can be printed out at the house, and/or faxed/emailed the same day.
Independent - no conflict of interest. We do not perform radon mitigation services.
Experienced - we have performed over 5000 radon tests in the Denver metro area. Member of the NEHA Radon Information Speaker Bureau.
Friendly - we take the time to explain radon gas and the significance of the levels measured to each client.
CONTINUOUS MONITOR TEST
The test last for a minimum of 48 hours. The monitor takes hourly readings as well as keeping an average of all the hours. Results can be downloaded and printed on site, and/or email/fax. The report includes a graph of the hourly readings.
Closed House Conditions must be maintained throughout the test. All windows and exterior doors must be kept closed except for brief opening for normal entry and exit.
Radon from granite countertops?
An article written by the New York Times has caused a number of our clients to ask about radon in granite counter tops. The EPA's position is that there is at this point no evidence that radon from granite counter tops is a health concern. In over 10 years of testing we at, A Healthy Home, have not encountered a house that needed to have the counter tops removed to be brought to an acceptable level of radon. Also, the radon mitigation companies we work with have not experienced a problem with granite counter tops. A small percentage of the granite counter tops may exceed the EPA's radiation standard of 100 mR/year above natural background. We have begun measuring them ourselves, and will try to keep you posted on what we are finding.
5-14-09: We have measured about 50 granite counter tops, and have found only a few that are close to the EPA's 100 mR/year standard for a person standing within 12 inches of the counter top for 8 hours per day, for one year. Our best estimate is that these counter tops might raise the radon level by 1.0 pCi/L or less, in the room with the counter tops.
If you want to have your granite countertop measured for radioactivity or radon please call us. We can measure your counter top.
US EPA, Indoor Air Quality, radon page provides information and links to supporting documentation concerning radon gas exposure, and it's health hazards. Recent studies have been completed in the United States and Europe. The studies have driven the EPA's new risk assessments for radon. More information and links to these studies are available at the link below.
The EPA has several useful publications concerning radon. They are available on line at the links below. The "EPA Citizen's Guide To Radon" can be ordered for free by using it's link.
National Environmental Health Association: This agency administers the EPA's "National Radon Proficiency Program," (NRPP). NEHA certifies radon testing and mitigation professionals for the EPA's, National Radon Proficiency Program.
The NEHA-NRPP keeps a list of certified measurement and mitigation professionals. The links below will take you to the Colorado NEHA-NRPP certified professionals. You will find our companies certified testing professionals in the Lakewood section.
