Radon

The Stanley Watras story: Mr. Watras was a construction engineer at the Limerick Nuclear Power plant in 1984. When he set off radiation alarms when going INTO the plant for work that set the stage for a massive investigation and served as a wakeup call.

Article from the Philidelphia Inquirer, March 20, 1985

Within the last couple of years all real estate transactions in Illinois require a radon disclosure statement. Many of my clients still don't know anything at all about radon.
Questions about radon? Give me a call.
Just because you have had a short term radon test done and the reading was below the 4 pCi/L action level what does that mean and what doesn't your real estate agent really want you to hear?

Read "A Citizen's Guide To Radon: The Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Radon

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Buying or Selling a Home? Read the "Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon"

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Read A Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction: How to Fix Your Home

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What do the colors mean?

	Zone 1 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (picocuries per liter) (red zones)	Highest Potential
	Zone 2 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (orange zones)	Moderate Potential
	Zone 3 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (yellow zones)	Low Potential