Radon Detection and Remediation in Navy Family Housing

Radon is a radioactive gas, first discovered in the early 1900s, It is now widely recognized that indoor radon is the largest single source of exposure to ionizing radiation in the environment. The potential health risks associated with indoor radon concentrations in Navy Family Housing has become a growing concern for those individuals tasked with providing Navy Families a healthy, safe, and comfortable place to live. All housing units will contain a certain amount of radon, the concentration of that radon depends upon many factors. A housing unit may act as accumulator by trapping and in some cases actually drawing radon gas from surrounding soils, while another housing unit may act as a barrier to all but the lowest background level of radon.