{"id":118,"date":"2025-08-14T20:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/teller\/offering\/offering-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:21:12","slug":"radon","status":"publish","type":"offering-cpt","link":"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/teller\/offering\/radon\/","title":{"rendered":"Radon Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group c-breadcrumbs alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f5a44f5b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is radon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that can enter the home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most of Colorado contains high concentrations of radon, considered the second highest cause of lung cancer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All Colorado homes should be tested for radon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radon reduction methods can be planned for and installed during new home construction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Home buyers and renters should ask if the home has been tested for radon and for the results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/teller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/Radon-Entering-Home-2.jpg?w=454\" alt=\"Diagram showing how radon enters a house, with arrows illustrating radon moving from soil, fractured bedrock, and groundwater into the basement through cracks, sump pits, drains, fittings, and windows, as well as radon entering through well water and being released during shower use.\" class=\"wp-image-217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/teller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/Radon-Entering-Home-2.jpg 454w, https:\/\/extension.colostate.edu\/teller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/Radon-Entering-Home-2.jpg?resize=300,252 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-white-color has-accent-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f537470fe9f7e1fa96130c467107477e is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0706528e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free radon test kits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>FREE radon test kits are available from 4 County Office Locations (Includes prepaid shipping and laboratory analysis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Teller County CSU Extension (11115 US Hwy 24, Divide)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teller County Building Department (800 Research Dr., Woodland Park)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teller County Public Health and Environment (11115 US Hwy 24, Divide)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centennial Building, Cripple Creek (112 N. 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