Keeping your family safe is one of the things you care most about. Doing so requires constant vigilance. And having the right information is essential to achieving this state of mind and awareness. If you have recently purchased a home, then you will no doubt have gathered as much information as you can about it and asked many questions. Much of what you know will have come through the course of actually investigating the area and the process of the actual purpose. However, there are some out of the way matters that do not always occur to everyone to bring up. Knowing whether radon exists in your home is one of them.

Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that is not easy to detect, but can be very harmful to life. It is one of those gases that can be detected only by specialized equipment. No amount of keenness of sense will tell you whether there is radon in your home. Indeed, it may have lain unnoticed and undetected for years. It is only recently that a regular testing regime has been instituted to detect radon.

That is why you should insist on getting your homes tested for radon gas. January is National Radon Action Month. If you have moved into a new home, you should take this opportunity to have qualified professionals come out to your home and do the necessary testing. It doesn't take that long, and you will not be that inconvenienced. It is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to this matter. For you don't want to discover down the road that you have been living with radon and that your family has had long exposure to it.

Persons who own factories or own or rent any other kind of business facility should also have their premises checked. Older buildings especially may have traces of radon that can adversely affect the health of your workers. You don't want that kind of liability on your hands, so it's best to have the testing done now. If radon is found there are all kinds of Radon Mitigation protocols that can be put in place to resolve the situation.

The important thing is to act—now. There are a number of federal and state organizations dedicated to detecting radon and implementing programs that rid buildings and facilities of it. You will have plenty of resources at your disposal as you work to get it out of your home or office space.

Fortunately, it is not that hard to get the right people to help you in this endeavor. The best place to begin your search is the worldwide web. All you need to do is punch in National Radon Action Month into your favorite search engine and you will be taken to a site that will provide you with the contact information you need to get started. Detecting and ridding your living or work space of radon is a task that is best done with the help of qualified professionals.

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