As part of Radon Awareness Month the Black Hawk County Department of Public Health is selling take home testing kits, according to KCRG. Radon is a natural gas that seeps through the ground and can get through cracks in houses. It can cause health issues including cancer, in fact, according to Alex Writz, the Black Hawk County Healthy Home Coordinator, radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. The EPA says that once levels reach 4 pCi action should be taken. Mitigation systems can be put in place to limit those levels. Black Hawk County residents can get the test kits from the county health department for $10.
