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Publication Review

Title: Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction
Author: EPA, 2003
File: Free Guide, PDF 571 KB, 20 pages
Audience: For homeowners and renters.

Review
A how to guide for reducing radon levels in your home.

Issues covered include:

• what levels to take action
• how radon enters your home
• why radon is bad
• what do test results mean
• selecting a test kit
• why and how to hire a contractor (includes checklist)
• costs what to look for in a radon reduction system
• radon reduction techniques and methods
• checking contractor's work
• living in a house with a radon reduction system
• remodeling after levels have been reduced
• buying and selling a home
• radon in water
• state radon contacts and radon hotlines
  

Detail drawings include:

• a couple of simple diagrams.

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