What Are Signs Of Radon In Your Home?

Written by: Kate Holder

Category: Uncategorized

Published: October 1, 2021

Awareness of Radon gas in Maryland Montgomery County homes is growing and so are questions about what is radon. Where radon comes from ? and Why its Dangerous. The major difference of radon gas with well-known natural gas is that radon does not have smell, color, taste.

What is Radon Gas ?

Radon is radioactive gas formed from uranium break down. Our houses are build on a top of soil. Most soil types consist of uranium. Therefore, toxic level of radon can build up in any house.

Properties of Radon

Inert or Noble Gas(does not chemically react)
Colorless
Odorless
Tasteless
Naturally occurring
Decays into Radioactive decay products=RDPs

Radon 222- Isotope(of radon) of most concern to public health

Uranium Decay Chain Progression to Radon gas — CANCER CAUSING RDPs (Heavy Metals of RADON gas decay chain) : Polonium 218, Lead 214, Bismuth 214, Polonium 214

How Does Radon Enter my Home?

Radon gas usually comes to the house through cracks in the foundation, crawl space, fittings, sump pumps, piping or drains.

Why Should You Be Careful About Radon?

Radon gas is second leading cause of lung cancer. When radon gas is inhaled, it continues to emit radiation inside of your lungs , damaging the cells DNA.

Radon Decay Products:

Source of cell damage in lungs
Have static charge
Chemically reactive
Solid particles
Heavy Metals : Polonium 218, Lead 214, Bismuth 214, Polonium 214
Easily attach themselves to solid objects such as dust, smoke, walls, floors, clothing, or any other object

5 Radon Poisoning Symptoms

You wont have symptoms of radon poisoning right away. However, lung cancer can show up after many years of neglecting the high radon levels in the basement

Shortness of breath that gets worse
A persistent cough. Chronic, hacking, raspy coughing , something with mucus that has blood in it.
Tightness or pain in the chest that doesn’t go away
Trouble swallowing. Swelling of neck and face
Hoarseness

How do I know if my Home is affected ?

Have your home radon tested. Radon usually much higher during the cold season. While DIY test kits are widely available on market, we do recommend working with professional calibrated equipment . To insure that you receive accurate results. Note: radon decays fast. Test kits if not shipped on time and analyzed in the lab will be VOID.

Alfa Air Agency provide Radon Inspection Services in DC metropolitan area. Short term test is only 48h. For more information on radon testing fill out Book Online appointment form.

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22:42 16 Nov 23

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13:47 08 Aug 23

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02:14 19 Oct 21

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22:21 25 Feb 21

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15:05 04 Feb 21

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22:01 14 Jan 21

Alfa Air Agency conducted a radon test for us. It was very easy process , we booked appointment online and received a confirmation email in an hour. Tech has arrived in the evening ,to place a testing machine in our basement . Customer service is great , Kate was always there to answer all our questions. we got radon test report in our email same day after test was complete and machine pick up. Thank you .

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20:56 14 Jan 21

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Andrii Begeida

13:14 05 Jan 21

we just found our dream home , but it had radon gas . we were so worry about family safety. I work from home and basement is my home office, where high radon gas was discovered during radon inspection. Luckily our realtor explained that radon can be mitigated. We contacted Alfa Air Agency, they have installed pipe network and fan to remove the radon gas. since our real estate contract was contingent on radon retest, we requested after mitigation a radon retest too. We were so nervous while waiting in 48h retest time. But all turned just fine , radon dropped a lot , now its same low as natural outdoor level.We are closing on our dream home in two weeks.

irakli shetsiruli

02:41 05 Jan 21

since pandemic I work in my basement, I never heard about radon , but I saw my neighbor has installed some new fan outside. it made me wonder what has happened to them.... thats how i learned about indoor radiation. who could imagine that my home basement office can be deadly dangerous. we cant see it, we can’t smell it, but radon causes cancer . its worth that smoking a pack of cigarets per day .I did my research and got diy radon test as a starter , results was around 7 pci/l .I could not believe that little test can be reliable, its just one sample of air, what if its wrong? Thats how I made my appointment with certified radon testing company Alfa Air for get my home basement tested for 48 h , so I can see the full picture, all 49 air radon samples I received a full radon test report same day as machine was picked up from my home.

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