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8 Ways to Make Your Home Healthier

A Healthy Home is one that provides a safe, sufficient, and sanitary living space in order to prevent disease and injury.? According to the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes, substandard living conditions can lead to several negative health effects such as respiratory illness, reproductive issues, neurological disorders, and accidental injury.

What should you do?

To prevent negative health effects, take these steps:

  • Keep your home DRY?
  • Keep your home CLEAN
  • Keep your home VENTILATED
  • Keep your home PEST-FREE
  • Keep your home SAFE
  • Keep your home CONTAMINANT-FREE
  • Keep your home MAINTAINED
  • Keep your home GREEN

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Radon

Radon is a colorless, tasteless and odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. It occurs naturally when uranium breaks down to radium which in turn breaks down to form radon. Radon is released into the soil and easily enters your home through the foundation and well water. It can build up to dangerous levels inside houses, schools, and other buildings. The only way to know if you have radon is to test.

Why is radon a problem?

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, after tobacco smoke. Radon kills nearly 21,000 people each year, more than 800 of them in Georgia. Smokers are at an even higher risk of radon-induced lung cancer than nonsmokers by 7%.

Testing for Radon in your home

Make sure your home is safe by ?or?by ordering a test kit by mail?for only $15! This price includes shipping, lab processing, and follow-up service for testers with elevated results. (Non-Georgians should visit the??for assistance assessing radon risk.)

Order yours today!


Radon test kit

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    A two-page checklist of the basic list of supplies you should have ready for emergencies. Keep the items you will most likely need during an evacuation in an easy-to-carry, waterproof container. Be mindful that this is a basic list of supplies. A more comprehensive list can be found in the Home Emergency Management Guide.