What is it?
Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas that’s formed during the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock, and water. Radon exits the ground and can seep into your home through cracks and holes in the foundation, and can also contaminate well water.

Potential Health Concerns:
Almost all risk from radon comes from breathing air with radon and its decay products. Radon decay products cause lung cancer. The health risk of ingesting radon, in water for example, is dwarfed by the risk of inhaling radon and its decay products. They occur in indoor air or with tobacco smoke. Alpha radiation directly causes damage to sensitive lung tissue, but most of the radiation dose is not actually from radon itself though, which is mostly exhaled. It comes from radon’s chain of short-lived solid decay products that are inhaled and lodge in the airways of the lungs. These radionuclides decay quickly, producing other radionuclides that continue damaging the lung tissue.

What RDS can offer you:
We have several testing services available to help you determine if harmful levels of radon gas are present within your home or building. The testing process involves placing detectors in the lowest livable level of your home for a minimum of 48 hours. The results will be available within 1-2 days. In addition, we also offer long-term radon testing to provide you with your overall radon exposure level throughout the seasons.

If it is determined that a concerning level of radon is present, we’ll assist you with identifying the most effective and safe way for resolving the problem.