Thursday, July 11, 2019

Radon Gas...It's Literally Killing You Softly

Illustration by Taryn Gee via Avenue magazine

A few years ago, my hub and I found out our house had high radon gas readings. We knew it wasn't a good thing, but we also didn't have the time or resources to really deal with the situation. We shelved it for a while, but we knew we had to tackle it, given that radon is the leading cause of non-smoking-related lung cancer. Especially since we have kiddos, we had to do something. Our radon-mitigation journey was a crazy one--documented here for Avenue magazine--but one we don't regret. (Thanks to Avenue for nominating this story for an Alberta Magazines award; didn't win, but was a finalist! Yay!) Please please please have your home tested for radon!

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