Thursday, December 17, 2015

Washington Post: Rockville elementary school shows elevated levels of radon in retesting

 
Elevated levels of radon were found at a Rockville elementary school where parents and teachers have raised concerns in recent weeks about potential health hazards related to the odorless, colorless radioactive gas.

Montgomery County school officials have posted results from recent retesting at Fallsmead Elementary School that showed average radon levels in 14 rooms at or above the Environmental Protection Agency’s limit of 4 picocuries per liter of air (pCi/L).

Read the entire story at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/rockville-elementary-school-shows-elevated-levels-of-radon-in-retesting/2015/12/17/bd7d1954-a2be-11e5-ad3f-991ce3374e23_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-moreheds_radon-643p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
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