What Is Radon?

You have probably heard of radon before and wondered if it’s something you should be concerned about. The answer is yes! Radon gas should be monitored and controlled within every home. But what is radon, anyway?
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​Fort Collins Radon Mitigation has all the answers you need about radon gas and the danger it poses to you and your family. The radon testing and radon mitigation Fort Collins homeowners need to protect their loved ones is just a phone call away – as are all the answers to your most pressing radon questions!

What is Radon? 
Fort Collins Radon Mitigation hears this simple question quite often.
In layman’s terms, radon is a single atom gas, making it easy for radon to permeate basically any material to find its way into your home. By the way, this is also what makes it so dangerous within your body.

Radon is produced by natural materials when they break down. Rocks, soil, and water contain uranium, thorium, and many other elements. As these things break down, they emit radon for 3-4 days before moving on to become other radioactive byproducts and eventually turning into lead.
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Lead poisoning is dangerous and much more immediate than radon poisoning, but the good news is that radon remediation can eliminate the chance of radon turning to lead within your home.

What Is Radon Gas?

Fort Collins Radon Mitigation has had the privilege of educating many of our customers about radon gas, and so we know some of the basic questions that people usually have.

For example, they want to know if they can sense whether or not radon is present in their home. Radon has no perceptible characteristics. It is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, so it is impossible to tell whether it’s there unless you specifically test for it.
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Another question people often ask relates to how dangerous radon gas actually is. As an extremely dense gas, it is highly radioactive and, therefore, very dangerous!

Radon Gas?

Based on a large sampling, it is estimated that 1 in 3 U.S. homes have radon levels higher than the EPA’s action level of 4 pCi/L. Levels can be even higher in underground areas such as basements.

Fort Collins Radon Mitigation would be proud to help you find out if yours is one of those unfortunate homes and then give you the tools to bring those numbers down to acceptable levels.

Radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, after smoking. Children are more sensitive to radon because they have faster respiration than adults, and their cells are dividing more rapidly. This explains why fetuses are at an even higher risk than small children for developing cancer later in life, including lung cancer as well as leukemia and other cancers.
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Regular home testing and mitigation is the sure way to reduce the risk of these cancers within your home.
Radon mitigation Fort Collins residents deserve will put your fears to rest for good and help you protect what matters most – your family’s health!