Radon

As of January first of LAST year, it became Illinois law to include a Radon Disclosure in all non-exempt Illinois property listings.

Radon is a radioactive element that is part of the radioactive decay chain of naturally occurring uranium in soil. You can’t see radon. You can’t smell radon and you can’t taste radon. Unlike carbon monoxide and many other home pollutants, radon's adverse health effect, lung cancer, is usually not produced immediately. Thus you may be exposed to radon for many years without ever suspecting its presence in your home. The USEPA action level for radon is 4.0 picocuries per liter of air (pCi/L). The risk of developing lung cancer at 4.0 pCi/L is estimated at about 7 lung cancer deaths per 1000 persons. That is why USEPA and IEMA recommends reducing your radon level if the concentration is 4.0 pCi/L or more.

Illinois residents may receive a FREE radon test kit by filling out a form HERE. It will take up to 30 days to for the kit to arrive, but I'll take 30 days over possible lung cancer, how about you?