{"id":80,"date":"2010-07-08T21:41:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2010-07-14T22:38:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T22:38:51","slug":"radon-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/archives\/radon-awareness","title":{"rendered":"Radon awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is Radon?<\/strong><br \/>\nRadon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can\u2019t see, smell or taste. Its presence in your home can pose a danger to your family&#8217;s health. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in America and claims about 20,000 lives annually. The areas affected across the United states are shown here on this map:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemapcolor_8001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-87\" title=\"zonemapcolor_800\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemapcolor_8001-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemapcolor_8001-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemapcolor_8001-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemapcolor_8001.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hvacquick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/zonemap225.gif\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Zone 1 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi\/L (pico curies per liter) (red zones)<br \/>\n&#8211; Zone 2 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi\/L (orange zones)<br \/>\n&#8211; Zone 3 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi\/L (yellow zones)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Consulting this map is only for broad reference. In order to determine the level of Radon in you home the most effective method available to the public is a liquid scintillation\u00a0or other radon test kit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/products\/residential\/Fans\/Radon-Fans\/RadonAway-Radon-Test-Kits\">http:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/products\/residential\/Fans\/Radon-Fans\/RadonAway-Radon-Test-Kits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This test is a simple first step towards peace of mind in protecting your family and yourself from the deleterious effects of Radon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Radon? Radon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can\u2019t see, smell or taste. Its presence in your home can pose a danger to your family&#8217;s health. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in America and claims about 20,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11,38,37],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-fans","tag-gas","tag-radon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hvacquick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}